FUV 8/10/2011

I'm hoping this will be one of the last post that I ever have to post about cancer ever again! Today I followed up with my surgeon Dr.Riddle. I got a phone call a couple days ago that I talked about in previous post and it made me really edgy about what lies ahead for me and my family. When they did my surgery they were suppossed to do a bi-lateral incision across my neck but they only ended up going in on the right side and I was confused as to why they didn't do the whole thing. Today I found out that those 9 lymph nodes they took out lined a artery down to my chest, and they were able to pull them out and clean out that artery. That took them about 2 hours and they both made a judgement call to stop. He said him and the other surgeon felt pretty good about what they had done and didn't see the need to tear into my left side. When I had a pet scan the highlighted area was in the right and the highlighted area was the cancer. So today they checked my thyroid levels and they are hoping for a 0 and that would be really good news. That would show that their judgement call was good and that they most likely removed the cancer that was there. He said Papillary Carcinoma is usually the most curable cancer and doesn't know why they are having difficulties curing mine. Maybe because I was blessed with very cancerous genes from my mother I don't know. So next week I meet with my endo doc and she will be the one who gives the call as if I will do another round of radiation or go back for another surgery on my left side. Today really gave me peace of mind I've been looking for. I've been so stressed I've been pulling out gobs of my hair, ridiculous amounts of hair every time I brush it. I hope that I can chill out and be a little more patient. As of right now I hope to heal quickly it took everything in me to drive to and from Provo. Believe it or not but driving hurts because I have to turn my head every so often. Tomorrow I can take the steri-strips off and examine the stitches they have been itching like crazy. My kids came home yesterday and have wore me out. I don't know how the heck my mom did this! No idea she was a Saint and that is for sure. I am blessed with wonderful people around me, I could not of done this without the help, absolutely could not have.