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Thinking...
Thursday, December 11th, 2008 03:48 pmI've been in two minds whether or not to post this, because part of me is like, "AAAAHHHH, PANIC, PANIC, MUST SEEK SUPPORT!!" and the other part of me (which is much more sensible, really) is saying, "Wait until you know something."
Well, I'm taking that advice as regards telling my mother because... she'll freak. And she'll worry all weekend long. I figure y'all are a much hardier bunch, so...
I had to go have an ultrasound done of my throat yesterday. Because... I've been having issues. I've been very, very tired, to the point where it's an effort to stay awake sometimes, and mass quantities of caffeine have become counter-productive. And, well you know, women in their forties usually start experiencing "personal summers." Well... I'm not. I'm having "personal winters." You know, moments where I'm fine, and then the next minute, my teeth are chattering, I'm shivering, and freezing to death... and it's 82 degrees outside. Everyone else is sweating and I'm experiencing hypothermia.
And I have this... lump... on my thyroid gland.
So I had an ultrasound done. And the doctor called me back today and said, "You definitely have a nodule on your thyroid. I'm sending you to an endocrinologist to have it evaluated and see what we need to do about it."
*nods thoughtfully*
My appointment is on Monday. This gives me, what, three days to fidget, worry, fidget, panic, and fidget some more, right? It's probably nothing. It's probably subacute thyroiditis again, and I'll be told to get plenty of rest, etc,, and things will improve on their own, like I did ten years ago.
You know what? I just realized... it was exactly ten years ago almost to the DAY that I found a lump on my thyroid and... whoa... that's... just weird.
I need to sit down.
Wait. I AM sitting down.
Excuse me, I need to go do a little more panicking and freaking out, just to, you know, get it out of my system so I can behave rationally later. Yeah. And y'all believe that, too, right?
I'm going to get through this, too. Just, hey, Whoever Is In Charge? Yeah, You! STOP IT WITH THE CURVE BALLS ALREADY!!! A little break would be nice, yeah? SHEESH!!!
*grumbles*
Well, I'm taking that advice as regards telling my mother because... she'll freak. And she'll worry all weekend long. I figure y'all are a much hardier bunch, so...
I had to go have an ultrasound done of my throat yesterday. Because... I've been having issues. I've been very, very tired, to the point where it's an effort to stay awake sometimes, and mass quantities of caffeine have become counter-productive. And, well you know, women in their forties usually start experiencing "personal summers." Well... I'm not. I'm having "personal winters." You know, moments where I'm fine, and then the next minute, my teeth are chattering, I'm shivering, and freezing to death... and it's 82 degrees outside. Everyone else is sweating and I'm experiencing hypothermia.
And I have this... lump... on my thyroid gland.
So I had an ultrasound done. And the doctor called me back today and said, "You definitely have a nodule on your thyroid. I'm sending you to an endocrinologist to have it evaluated and see what we need to do about it."
*nods thoughtfully*
My appointment is on Monday. This gives me, what, three days to fidget, worry, fidget, panic, and fidget some more, right? It's probably nothing. It's probably subacute thyroiditis again, and I'll be told to get plenty of rest, etc,, and things will improve on their own, like I did ten years ago.
You know what? I just realized... it was exactly ten years ago almost to the DAY that I found a lump on my thyroid and... whoa... that's... just weird.
I need to sit down.
Wait. I AM sitting down.
Excuse me, I need to go do a little more panicking and freaking out, just to, you know, get it out of my system so I can behave rationally later. Yeah. And y'all believe that, too, right?
I'm going to get through this, too. Just, hey, Whoever Is In Charge? Yeah, You! STOP IT WITH THE CURVE BALLS ALREADY!!! A little break would be nice, yeah? SHEESH!!!
*grumbles*
