Thyroid Biopsy

*gag*

Today I had a biopsy done on my thyroid. I've been trying to avoid this procedure since last April. They finally got me. It was done at Memorial hospital, and they needed to use ultrasound to guide the needle into my neck. Lucky for me they used freezing at the site (lower left side of my throat) but unlucky for me the freezing didn't go all the way into my neck, and I could feel the needle as the doctor carved me up like a tiny christmas (or thanksgiving) turkey. He went in four times for samples. The nurse let me hold her hand. Well actually, she made me hold her hand. I would have been content not to, but she was insistant. She wasn't that old, but her skin felt like she was wearing wrinkly paper gloves (which she wasn't). I decided to use her hand as a pain gauge. The more it hurt, the harder I squeezed. I was very nervous and scared before I learned there would be freezing because I got a glimpse of the needle that everyone was calling fine. "A fine needle biopsy today, Jennifer?" Ahh that needle was so fine. It was so fine it blew my mind hey mickey *clap-clap clap* hey mickey *clap-clap clap*.

This is the whining paragraph, so skip it if you want. The aftermath is that my neck is sore, and my throat hurts. I just took some ibuprofin, but it feels like a very bad swollen gland way down deep in my neck, and I don't know how the puncture is going to feel when the freezing wears out. It hurts to swallow. Ok I'm done.

Thanks be to JulieRoy who thankfully drove me to and from my appointment. I didn't want to drive myself because I didn't know how I would feel after. Lucky thing too because I don't really want to crane my neck around or look side to side that much, both of which are necessary whilst driving.

Results will be available in a week or so, but my appointment with the endocrinologist isn't until November so I won't know if it's good news until then. If it's bad news, they'll of course let me know before then.

Have a non-sore neck day!