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And the story goes on... I mentioned before that there are some problems with my thyroid, so I went and had some more examinations, sonographie and szintigraphie. Result: Many hot and cold nodules in my thyroid. The radiologist said that a surgery might be the best idea, because there are so many nodes, cold and hot mixed, a radioiodine therapy wouldn't really work. My CLL means that there are many CAT scans in my future, without iodine contrast agents they aren't as useful.
So there's a surgery on the agenda, YAY, I guess.
To quote my GP: There are no healthy patients, they just aren't examinded throroughly.No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Yeah, the surgeons are going for the throat! Next week they'll remove my thyroid, today I had the pre-checks for the surgery.
To make things even more interesting: I have an aberrant subclavian artery, which means that the reccurant laryngial nerve (it's responsible for the vocal cords) most likely takes a different route as well. I never do normal, only 0,6% of the population have this! The surgery will take a bit longer, because they have to be extra careful not to hurt the nerve.
The surgeons are exited because it's so rare, so I guess the younger doctors will all take a look. I don't mind, they have to learn after all.No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Glad to hear it went OK. Keep us posted on the recovery.
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Ah, the worst is over. The adhesive strips that closed the incision are removed. It's healing nicely, in about 4 weeks it should be fully healed, but even now it hardly hurts anymore.
Thank you all for the well wishes!No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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