This time it's only a post surgical/ post treatment ultrasound of my neck. Along with my regular bloodwork I also get my thyroglobulin checked for the first time since days before my RAI. This of course puts my anxiety in overdrive waiting to see how well my treatment worked. Considering I have stage II of an unusually aggressive form of papillary thyroid carcinoma. My doctor told me if we make it through the first year without a reoccurrence I'm in good shape. So now it's just the waiting game.
I went to get my bloodwork yesterday driving 30 miles round trip just to make it to a specific lab rather than just running downtown to the hospital. This all for really accurate thyroglobulin counts. Ugh....
Five days until I get my ultrasound, and I have I mentioned how much I hate going to Pittsburgh. Even for one thing it turns into an all day event, from the horrible traffic getting into and out of the tunnels to the wait for results, to the rush hour traffic. I despise of it.
In the meantime I'm just trying to live my life and raise my daughters. Not that the thought of a reoccurrence isn't there, because its always in the back of my mind.
With cancer almost always on the brain, I've been trying to use my journey to help others. Working in the doctors office does help with that. I get to share my experience with cancer patients and thyroid patients alike. I also have been trying to raise awareness to thyroid cancer. Everyone makes a huge deal about October and breast cancer awareness, I want thyroid cancer to be equally as important, at least in my neck of the woods. I want to be an advocate.
I have also been doing a lot of research on GMOs in our food supply and have decided to go organic as much as my budget will let me.
I have also been researching a holistic way to healing myself, in the alkaline diet. It's not as much a diet as it is clean eating. If you make your body alkaline diseases cannot survive, including cancer. It's about fresh fruits and vegetables and cutting out GMOs, meat and dairy, lots of lemon water. Once your alkaline your body can fight anything. It's worth a shot, my life is worth a shot. This also raises the question as to how much of our cancers are environmental as opposed to something genetic in nature. No one really knows why in my 20's I developed thyroid cancer. I can speculate. I think this whole experience has not only jaded me slightly but also enlightened me to my surroundings, my choices and our medical professional world.
In the meantime hopefully good news this week then I can once again breathe.
