Dr. Appts. and More Dr. Appts.

After I had Katelynn I had a bunch of thyroid problems, so after having Dan. Jr. I figured that those same problems would eventually show themselves again and they have. I went to do my six week check up and passed with flying colors and was told that I could go ahead and resume all normal activities, but she did notice the nodule that is on my thyroid and asked that I go to my regular doctor and have it checked out. I went to my doctor and had some blood drawn and the results came back with hyperthyroidism which I expected because about a week after my appointment I started to get really shaky (or what they call "tremors") and felt a little jittery if I hadn't eaten every two hours. I also went in and had another ultrasound done on my thyroid so they could compare the nodule size to the one I had done back in 2005. Well, of course those results did not come back good either. The nodule had grown in size and there seemed to be another one hiding in the back of my thyroid now as well. So, off to the doctor I went again after getting back from our trip to Minnesota, this time to the specialist. I really did not want to go to this appointment and was trying to block it out of my mind until that day because they said they had to do a biopsy on the nodule. The biopsy is actually not what scared me, it was the fact that they were going to stick a needle in my throat - that did not sound to appealing to me, but I had no choice because I would have had one very upset mother had I not went to the the appointment. Junior and I headed to the doctor's office that morning and of course as we are sitting in the waiting room I am watching the clock tick by and crap, time for my little man to eat. I made a bottle and started to feed him and then they called my name and we went into our room and I finished feeding him while I chatted with the nurse and it worked out okay because he was done when the doctor came in. I talked to the doctor for a little while about the symptoms I had with Katelynn and now with Junior and being naive before and during the appointment didn't think that when they scheduled the half hour appointment that they would actually do the biopsy right there, well they did. As we were talking the doctor says that there is some fluid that he can drain out of the nodule and then the rest is hard and he should be able to take the biopsy from that and he tells me by draining the fluid out it should shrink it so it won't be as noticeable -joy for me I guess. Junior decides to start fussing a little (I'm thinking he wanted some more to eat, but that wasn't going to happen) so the doctor tells me that I can go ahead and hold him in my arms while he is sticking these needles in my throat - really I am thinking? So, I picked up my little guy, probably more for me to have someone to hold onto then him and went ahead and let the doctor do his thing. He started with spraying something on my neck that basically froze it and then stuck the needle right into my neck and into the nodule and then pulled out the fluid that was in the front, I could feel the needle going in and retracting the fluid, but it wasn't painful, just very strange feeling and knowing that it was my neck. After that the doctor was impressed with the stuff that came out and told me how cool it was and wanted to show it to me. I just looked briefly and said "yep, really cool" and turned away, I'm pretty sure he laughed at me at that point. Then it was again with the spray and another needle that he stuck in there twice and retracted something that he sprayed onto microscope lenses and that was it, we were done. The doctor did tell me that most of these biopsy's are benign and that he had no concerns after feeling mine and seeing the ultrasound. He said they would call me with the results and we left. I was clearly under the impression that I would not being seeing the doctor again and that I would get a call with the results and they would tell me over the phone that everything was good and that would be that, of course this is not the way things are happening. The doctors office called me this week and stated that my biopsy results are in and that I needed to make an appointment with the doctor to go over the results. I am now wondering, why didn't you just tell me over the phone that everything was good? One of my friends has suggested that they just want their $20 co-pay, I am sure that is it. So, next Wednesday afternoon I will go in and hear what my fate will be.