About a month ago I found out that I have multiple nodules on my thyroid. My OB doctor ran lab which showed that my thyroid levels are fine, meaning I do not have hypo or hyperthyroidism so she referred me to an Endocrinologist. My Endocrinologist scheduled me for an ultrasound and based off the ultrasound of my thyroid my doctor decided to do a biopsy to make sure it isn't cancer. My biopsy is this week.
I am kind of scared because the doctor said that because of the multiple nodules she will have to take 8 biopsy samples! 8 needles in my friggin' neck?! Oy! The good news is that if it is cancer, then it has like a 95% success rate which makes me think that it's a pretty good cancer to get if you must get cancer at sometime in your life! Bad news if it is cancer is that I would have to have surgery while pregnant.
Dave is not a calm person in situations like this, he always jumps to worse case scenario. I told him the other day that I needed him to fake being calm because I'm starting to freak out a little bit. The idea of cancer isn't what is scary to me since it does have such a great success rate. What is scary to me is the idea of having surgery while I am pregnant if it is cancer. Fingers crossed that I won't have to even worry about that though! Hopefully everything is benign and I will just get my thyroid and nodules removed after the baby. Self-fufilling prophecy right?!
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