Once again, I find myself with time to kill between appointments. Googled coffee shops between Point A and Point B… and here I am, at a new-to-me coffee shop that is so popular on the first snowy day of the season that I had to wait for a seat to open up.
We’re supposed to get at least two inches of snow this afternoon and evening — possibly up to five inches. For the first snow event of 2019-2020. Of course I would pick today to take a half day off for a chiropractic adjustment and a thyroid ultrasound.
To be honest, I’m a little nervous about the ultrasound. I feel like my thyroid nodule has gotten bigger — in fact, I was having trouble swallowing a few months ago. I’m not sure if my voice has truly gotten more hoarse or if I’m imagining it.
The worst case scenario would be a hemithyroidectomy — removal of the left lobe of my thyroid. Then I’d have a synthroid medication to add to my current cocktail of antidepressant and ADHD stimulant.
I’d rather not.
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The snow has been falling steadily for the last hour or so, at least. I’m not convinced that I want to drive out to karate class after the sun sets and the roads freeze up good and proper. I’ve almost made up my mind to skip… but it’s still three hours off. We’ll see.
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Update: Doc says my thyroid is still fine — the nodule is 3.4cm or so in diameter, which is about the same as the last scan.
Also, we are so not going back out tonight. The roads are a sloppy mess, but it’s pretty to look at.
