Finally...A real update.

Okay so it's been months since my last post and it was only a quiz so you haven't heard what's actually going on in my life in ages. So here goes...


March 1-We had a snow day here in Griffin, GA. It probably doesn't seem like a big deal to you northerners, but to us down here it's a real treat.

March 2-Discovered a lump on my neck after feeling it because it was sore.

March 6-Saw friends and friends' mom's who said it was probably to do with my thyroid and I should go see a doctor. I did that afternoon and he said it was my thyroid and they drew some blood.

This is where the dates get fuzzy so I'll just tell you what happened.

The blood work came back normal so I went for an ultra sound and they discovered there was indeed a mass on my right thyroid so they scheduled me a consultation with a surgeon to see what the next step was.

March 25-Went to the surgeon for the consultation and he said I needed to get a nuclear scan on it and they scheduled an appointment at the hospital for that.

March 30-Went to the hospital waited forever and then took this pill they gave me. Apparently it's a rather dangerous/strong pill. They had it in a sealed test tube which was inside a metal box. I couldn't eat salty foods for the rest of the day. Do you know how many foods have salt in them? I ended up eating plain spaghetti noodles with a little bit of butter and Parmesan cheese on them for supper.

March 31-Went back for the scan. They took me back to a room with one of those yellow signs that said something about caution nuclear something or other and the doctor had to punch in a code just so we could get in...The scan itself wasn't painful or anything. I just laid on a table and the thing spun moved around me and they took pictures of it and moved the machine at different angles and told me to turn my head certain ways and stuff. It took maybe 15-20 minutes in all. They said we should get the results in maybe 3 business days.

April 1-Today. I went to CrossPointe. It was a half day so Grandmommy and Granddaddy picked me up and took me out to eat at Zaxby's. Before we left though my mom got a call from the doctor saying he wanted to schedule me for some big worded test I don't remember exactly but basically they want to do a biopsy guided by a sonogram. It had a fancy name...I don't remember it though but that's basically what it will be.

I'm not all that worried about it. I think the people around me are more worried than I am. Everytime I turn around someone else is saying they're praying for me. It's nice to know they're concerned.

In other news...

In Cotillion class today we started learning The Swing. Much different from the box step waltz we learned last year. I'm really looking forward to Cotillion this year as Josh will be going with me. I have to teach him the swing and possibly the waltz (I have to ask my teacher if we'll be doing it as well this year.) because he doesn't go to CrossPointe and can't attend the classes.

Well that seems to be all for now. I'll keep you updated on the whole thyroid situation.

Until then...

<3 erika k.