Post-Surgery Update

I apologize that I haven't been diligent in updating.  Between trying to recuperate and my family, namely the 2 year old that never stops running around, I haven't had to much to even think about blogging.  Overall, things are going well.  I'm not going to lie, it hasn't been easy, but I've felt everyone's prayers and I continue to be thankful for all the Lord has done for us.  I will follow up with the surgeon on March 3rd, they should have final pathology reports by then.  The initial report from the doctor after the surgery was that my thyroid presented itself just as an auto-immune benign  diseased thyroid would.  Meaning it didn't appear grossly abnormal.  My right hand side was double to triple the size of the left side, which isn't abnormal.  So, all that said, that is probably a good thing, he couldn't see any "cancer looking nodules."  Evidently it looks different.  Anyways, the reason that can be good is because there's a good chance it is completely contained within the thyroid. We won't know anything for sure until the final pathology, but that is what we're praying for! Some things you can pray for:  I'm now 5 days post-op and starting to feel the effects of not having a thyroid, which in turn has caused my current medication dosage to not be enough.  So, I'm starting to feel pretty fatigued already and my legs are killing me.  Unfortunately they can not up my dose until I've had some time to live without and they can know a proper dose for me.  Which means I just have to grin and bear it until then.  It makes life interesting with a 2 year old!  The only other specific prayer request would be for the final pathology report.  We're really praying that it comes back good and no other treatment will be needed, specifically, that I will not need radioactive iodine (which I would have to be away from all people for at lease 4 days). Thanks again for your continued prayers!! My family really appreciates all the support!

Tomorrow's the big day...

So tomorrow is the big day.  I will have surgery tomorrow at approximately 3:20pm. I'm thankful that I don't have to get up at 4 am but the downside of having a later surgery is that I still can't eat or drink after midnight so that means that I will have nothing to eat or drink for close to 24 hours.  Oh well, I have much to be thankful for.  I'm so thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayers.  A cool thing happened this past weekend, my mom was in Florida and was at a women's conference with my Aunt Pat.  One of the leaders of the conference (if I'm not mistaken) was having a conversation with my mom and aunt.  Her son unfortunately has an aggressive form of thyroid cancer and is going in for his 2nd surgery on Thursday.  his name is Alex, you can pray for him to.  Anyways, at the end of the conference all the ladies stood up and held hands and prayed for me, my condition and my surgery.  I feel so honored to have so many people lifting me up to the Lord, it's humbling really. There's been people that randomly text me or message me a verse or just thinking of you's.  I have perfect peace about the surgery and the ultimate outcome of it all.  I'm not saying things always turn out as we would like them or plan, I'm saying that I have perfect peace no matter what.  That kind of peace can only come from the Lord. I don't have it within my power to muster up that much peace or calmness, but the Lord of this universe does and He has given it to me freely.  Phillippians 4:7 says "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." I'm thankful and comforted that this is all planned by God.  I'll try and keep people updated as best I can, but if you see an odd blog, it may be a drug induced one, so please for give me :) Thank you all so much for your prayers, I cannot begin to tell you how thankful I am for them.