I'm having major surgery in the morning....UPDATE: Page 1: I'm Home!!

[Felicia]

If you have a prayer to spare, could you send it my way please.

I am having my thyroid removed tomorrow. The doctors found a nodule in my right lobe in July. It has risks factors for being cancerous, although a fine needle biopsy came back as non-cancer. I have had 3 opinions and every doctor said to have it removed as a benign needle biopsy is far from accurate on a large nodule. The tumor could have been missed.

I am scared. Scared of sugery, scared of it being cancer, just simple scared. I have been trying to be the brave mommy in front of my kiddies (6 and 9yo), but it has been hard.

Anyway, I am scheduled for sugery around 8:00am Wednesday morning. THank you and I will post as soon as I can.

Thank you,
Felicia

UPDATE: 11/8
I'm home! Thank you all SO much for your prayers and well wishes. I was a basket case going into surgery! I got to the hospital at 6:30am Wednesday and was so nervous, they gave me "relaxing" meds within minutes. Surgery was 2 hours long.

My doctor removed 1/2 of the thyroid and sent it to pathology while I was still asleep. They did a "frozen section" biopsy which showed benign (YEA!). The doctors then closed me up. If it showed cancer at that point they would have removed the entire thyroid. I now have to wait one week for the final pathology report. IF it shows any cancer cells after all the disecting, staining, biopsing, then I will have to have this surgery all over again within weeks to remove the remaining thyroid lobe.

Now you ask "Why didn't they just remove the whole thyroid anyway?" Well, #1) If you can leave 1/2 of your thyroid in, it is good as you won't need to take medication for the rest of your life. The remaining thyroid could pick up the slack of the "lost" thyroid and #2) my health insurance won't pay for a total thyroidectomy unless it is biopsied and confirmed cancer first.

I only stayed in the hospital one night and came home yesterday. I am feeling good, tired and sore, but good and glad to be home. My children came to see me in the hospital and I was so glad because I wanted them to know mommy was going to be allright.

Thank you for your prayers and I am keeping all your prayers with me while we await the final pathology report. I have a followup appt on next thursday to remove the stiches and hopefully will know by then.

Thanks!

Felicia

 

[browneyes]

Good luck, Felicia. I'll pray for you. **pd** {{hugs}}

 

[helenabear]

Felicia, I will certainly keep you in my thoughts and prayers! I pray that it all goes well and is not cancerous. Please let us know how it goes after you have recovered {{{hugs}}}

 

[Pin Wizard]

Bless you, Felicia. I'll keep you in my prayers.

 

[Serena]

{{{hugs}}} Felicia.
Prayers on the way for you.

 

[Saffron]

Felicia - I will keep you in my prayers. {{{{Hugs}}}}

 

[krazyboutWDW]

Felicia - I just said a prayer that everything will go well. Please keep us up to date as your progress. Major PD and good thoughts coming your way!!

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

Hugs to you Felicia...I'm sending out positive thoughts as I type.

 

[Mskanga]

Prayers and good vibes going your way....you will be ok but it's very scary. Best of luck and don't be gone too long!!

 

[Mamu]

Felicia my thoughts and prayers will be will you tomorrow.

 

[CookieGVB]

Felicia, good luck and {{hugs}} to you.

We'll be right here waiting for you to come back!

 

[gemmie214]

You will be in my thoughts and prayers

 

[Cruise]

Thoughts and prayers to you. My mother had this same surgery 12 years ago. They had also found a couple of nodules that came back as negative for cancer. They, like your doctors, advised that she have the entire thyroid out anyway. It turned out to be the biggest blessing in disguise as there were other nodules found in the removed thyroid that hadn't shown up on the scans. These were actually cancerous. They caught them all by removing the thyroid and my mom has been cancer-free ever since. Once they tweaked her dosage of Synthroid a couple of times, it was like it never happened

Moral of the story: you're going to be fine. And in 12 years, your kids are going to be telling someone not to worry about their surgery in the morning

*hugs*
Julie

 

[nativetxn]

{{{HUGS}}} sweetie. I just said a quick prayer that the surgery is easy and successful and that no cancer is found.

 

[Lady M]

Felicia, I'm sending you my prayers and many good thoughts that all will turn out well for you. Please let us know how you're doing when you're feeling up to it. Take care.

Marie

 

[olena]

*HUGS.....good luck. I hope all goes well.

 

[Planogirl]

Many prayers and good thoughts for you. Please somehow have an update posted on how you're doing whenever you can. {{{{Hugs}}}}

 

[ead79]

Felicia, you are in my prayers. I will pray that the surgery goes very smoothly, that you recover quickly, and that the tumor is indeed benign. {{{HUGS}}} for you.

 

[MerryPoppins]

You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Surgery can be scary, but you'll do fine. Please keep us informed on your progress.

 

[RitaZ.]

{{{hugs}}} to you. I hope everything goes well for you. Take care and stay positive.