What a weekend!

Last Friday I had an appointment with my doctor to have a routine check-up done on my thyroid. I had an ultrasound done in October but didn’t see the doctor so I had to go in and see him before I could get my prescription renewed. As he looked at my thyroid, and compared what he was seeing to my ultrasound measurements from October, it looked like the one lump on my thyroid has almost doubled in size. He has been watching the 2 lumps on my thyroid for over 6 years and during that time, they have not grown at all. Now- all of a sudden the one lump doubled in size within a few months so my doctor decided he needed to do a biopsy and have it checked for cancer. No big deal, right? He says it will take about 30 seconds. He was right. He got it done quick! And then I passed out. I was out for a while and was breathing pretty shallow and I started convulsing. My doctor said- as soon as you started shaking, I looked over at your kids thinking that they would panic. But then I saw that they were all giggling so I figured they were going to be okay. When I woke up, I was so disoriented and I didn’t know where I was or why and as I started looking around, I realized I was in a hospital. My first thought was “I got in a car accident” and then I started panicking trying to remember who was with me and where I was going but then it all came back to me and I remembered where I was. Then, I passed out again. Thought I was okay, sat up, and passed out again, and again. 4 times total! Towards the end, Mackenzie started getting pretty nervous.  After that, I started puking my guts out. My doctor said “I really want to give you something for the nausea but I would have to stick you with a needle, and I really don’t want to do that right now!”  He gave me some sudafed to raise my heart rate, and the nurse brought me some orange juice. I was alone with the kids- Dallas was gone hunting, and I couldn’t even stand up straight let alone drive. Luckily my mother-in law was able to come rescue us. The second she walked into the door, Avery said “look at my new boots!! My mom bought them at the post office!”  obviously she was oblivious to what was going on! She is so funny. We shop on-line so much, she thinks the post office is a magical place where you can go to get anything and everything! Anyhow, My doctor said that I broke all of their records! He said “I have seen a lot of people pass out- but I have never seen anything like that.” I felt really sick the rest of the day and pretty sick the next day too. I will go back next Wed and have another ultrasound done and get the results from the biopsy. Hopefully they will just remove the whole thing and be done with it. Even if it’s not cancerous, which it’s probably not, something will need to be done eventually. It already bothers me quite a bit and if it keeps growing it will only get worse. Sometimes I just sit and massage my neck, trying to relieve the pressure, and sometimes when I swallow, it feels like I’m swallowing a tennis ball. I have been complaining to Dallas a lot the past few months. I thought my medication just needed to be adjusted but the reason it’s bothering me more is because it is growing. I guess I will wait to see what the doctor says on Wednesday!