Another day up in Pittsburgh in the books. I went up and had another ultrasound of my neck and met with my doctor. He said that yes it is most defiantly cancer or "disease" as he called it in the left side of my neck. Thankfully it has stayed the same in size since the imaging I had done in September.
Now what to do about these lesions? He said that I could have external beam radiation done but I would have to worry about damage done to my trechea and esophagus although he said it would be tempory. There is also the prospect of surgery which would be quite complex and extensive to go in, some places deep to get the cancer out. Finally there is what is called alcohol ablasion, where they would take a very small needle (like the size they used for my FNA) and inject pure alcohol into the spots to destroy the cells. The last one I thought was pretty neat, but we finally decided just to wait for now. There is no advantage doing the radiation now or later and my studies have stayed the same since the last time so my "cancer" does not appear to be growing. If at anytime it starts to get larger which may not be for years then we will discuss which one of the three paths we will take.
In the meantime... I asked if it would be a possibility or even safe for me to get pregnant and he said one hundred percent yes it would be fine. Granted there is a slight chance that my lesions could grow a bit during pregnancy from all of the hormones, but they are going to keep a close watch on my TSH levels and adjust as needed, testing every two weeks if need be. So that is exciting, I want to get myself, my body in the best health possible first. For my baby, for me. So I bought a juicer today, it won't come until Tuesday but I am going to start juicing. I want to get my body nice and alkaline and get rid of refined sugars and unhealthy carbs, I'm going to try to fight naturally, why not?
So I don't go back for anymore bloodwork/ultrasound/doctor appointment for 6 months, which sadly I found out will be with another doctor. My doctor Dr. Hodak is relocating to NYU in Manhattan, which makes me very sad, but he is transferring my care over to one of his partners who specializes in thyroid cancer and pregnancy so he knows his stuff I am told.
Until then this blog may start be about not only my journey with cancer, but my thyroid cancer journey and getting pregnant. I really hope that one day I can finally type that I am in remission!!!
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