Annual Thyroid fun
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hel_anaAnd yeah, I got confirmation from my doctor on Monday that it's going to be an annual thing. Whee!
So last year, I got to go see a new doctor in the newly created Thyroid Cancer Clinic, and he told me I was all healthy and stuff. Go me!
On Monday, I completed the annual Trek to London. Sadly, things were not as conclusive, though they look good. There were two issues:
1) the bloodwork was from an external lab (which they totally told me to do, so grrrr) and the doctor (who was different from the doctor last year) had me re-do it from the St. Joseph's Health Center lab. This meant about an hour and a half of extra time spent in London, and that I have a bit of a wait to see the results.
2) The ultrasound looked good, but they still have to have a radiologist go over it, painstakingly comparing it to last year's ultrasound, before they can conclusively say that nothing's growing.
At any rate, it looks good, no-one's worried, but it wasn't the final "yay, you're healthy" appointment I was hoping for.
Finally, I get to experience the wonders of Thyrogen at some point in the next year. He wants to do a stimulated set of bloodwork, which means I get to go through the fun of sheparding a request for pre-approval through my insurance company, and (over the course of a week) go over to my doctor's office in Guelph (I hope ::crosses fingers::) on a Monday and Tuesday, then go to London again to get the blood draw done. I have a year to do it in.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled Friends page.
So last year, I got to go see a new doctor in the newly created Thyroid Cancer Clinic, and he told me I was all healthy and stuff. Go me!
On Monday, I completed the annual Trek to London. Sadly, things were not as conclusive, though they look good. There were two issues:
1) the bloodwork was from an external lab (which they totally told me to do, so grrrr) and the doctor (who was different from the doctor last year) had me re-do it from the St. Joseph's Health Center lab. This meant about an hour and a half of extra time spent in London, and that I have a bit of a wait to see the results.
2) The ultrasound looked good, but they still have to have a radiologist go over it, painstakingly comparing it to last year's ultrasound, before they can conclusively say that nothing's growing.
At any rate, it looks good, no-one's worried, but it wasn't the final "yay, you're healthy" appointment I was hoping for.
Finally, I get to experience the wonders of Thyrogen at some point in the next year. He wants to do a stimulated set of bloodwork, which means I get to go through the fun of sheparding a request for pre-approval through my insurance company, and (over the course of a week) go over to my doctor's office in Guelph (I hope ::crosses fingers::) on a Monday and Tuesday, then go to London again to get the blood draw done. I have a year to do it in.
I now return you to your regularly scheduled Friends page.
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Date: 2008-08-13 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-13 06:42 pm (UTC)Technically, traitorous gland, but yeah. Still traitorous!
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Date: 2008-08-13 06:34 pm (UTC)Yah.
*smooch*
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Date: 2008-08-13 06:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-13 07:54 pm (UTC)I've had thryogen 2x - for treatment and scans. If you don't have to do the LID diet, it's not a big deal. Made me a little "high" but not sick or anything like that.
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Date: 2008-08-13 08:00 pm (UTC)Yeah, my doctor thinks that a RAI scan would be way overkill for my risk level at this point.