Update on my throat and thyroid

Oct 16, 2012

I saw Dr. Petruzziello today. He explained exactly what’s going on.

The biopsy showed that I have follicular cells in my nodules. With follicular cells, they can’t tell from a needle biopsy whether or not cancer is present because the cells look the same regardless of whether or not they’re benign. Benign cells will remain inside the nodule. If the cells have invaded the surrounding tissue, it’s cancer.

The only way to tell if it’s cancer is to remove the nodules and surrounding tissue, and view them under a microscope.

Before I can have the surgery, I have to get over my cold, and be cleared for surgery from my regular doctor (Dr. Vigg). They moved my visit with Dr. Vigg from November 13th to November 6th, but Mechandy (Dr. Vigg’s nurse) may call me to come in before then, if they have a cancellation.

As soon as Dr. Vigg clears me, Dr. Petruzziello will set the date for my surgery,  so I could have it as soon as next week or as late as mid-November.

Dr. Petruzziello did say that if it is cancer, this isn’t an aggressive form of cancer, so there’s no death sentence tacked on to it.

This is the room where I had my biopsy done last week. The machine to the right is the ultrasound. There was a tray to the immediate right of this picture which held the needle and slides, etc.

I'm getting over a cold, so my sinuses are draining and I'm coughing a lot. I was coughing into a tissue in my hand. Apparently, that wasn't good enough for this lady because she got up and requested a mask. I would also like to note that if I was contagious, the receptionist would have requested that I wear a mask, but I'm not so she didn't. The woman was waiting for her friend. I was called to the back when her friend came out. The friend asked why she was wearing the mask and she replied with, "That fat white girl was coughing everywhere, trying to get everyone else sick." It made my mom angry.

When I got home, I Josh was in my room talking to me. Mary had bought me this back of plastic Halloween stuff. Josh looked down and saw this:

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