QUARANTINED

First off I just want to say thank you to everyone for all your thoughts, prayers, well wishes, phone calls, emails, flowers and gifts. I have felt so loved through all of this. Thank you so much!

It's been a few weeks since I've given any sort of update about my happenings. I have plenty of time now since I have been quarantined to my room. I took the "Magic pill" yesterday so 24 hours down and 10 more days to go. I'm just grateful we've finally started. They had me scheduled to start on Thursday if everything came back within the ranges they wanted from my blood test and scans. So, I said goodbye to my boys and watched them drive away to Idaho Thursday morning.

I called before going in and they said I couldn't do it. There was too much of the thyroid/cancer cells and there would have to be some 3 way communication between the Surgeon, Endocrinologist and Nuclear Med Dr. to see what the next step would be. Should the surgeon go back in and try and clean it up some more or should they treat with a higher dose of radioactive iodine (RAI). Needless to say I lost it on the phone. Why didn't anybody notify me of this? I just shipped my boys off, I can't wait until Monday to meet with the Dr. and begin this process of re-evaluation. I have stayed off the replacement thyroid meds so we could do the procedure as soon as possible which means I'm extremely hypo which to my boys means a very tired and cranky Mom. That's why we've been calling it the "Magic Pill" because it's going to magically bring back their old mom that was fun and energetic.

Back to the story. I was an emotional wreck and trying to get a hold of the Dr.'s myself to expidite the process as much as possible all the while bawling my eyes out. I'm not much of a crier so it kind of piles up and then when those flood gates open I'm a mess. My Nuclear Med Dr. felt awful for me she is a mother and understood how hard it was going to be for me to be away from my boys for so long and to extend that by 5 more days is pure torture. So she managed to hunt them down and the consensus was to up the dosage and get it done.

That is where I am at now. Sitting in my room drinking and voiding to get it through my system as quick as possible. The thyroid cells soak it up, committing suicide as the Dr. put it because they don't know the iodine will kill them. I've done a couple of puzzles and watched a few movies and slept for about 12 hours straight, but I'm bored out of my gourd. Matthew has been a sweetie dropping off dinner and Pina' Colada's at my door and talking to me by yelling from the downstairs. We just have to be pretty careful for the first 72 hours which is on the more extreme end, but better safe then sorry. We got him a HAZMAT suit to wear whenever he is home.



Hah, that would be pretty funny, but it's not true. We just keep our distance and I'm careful about what I touch. I can't wait to get through all this and start the replacement pills so I can get back to life with my family and being a good mom again. The boys have been so patient and forgiving. They are having a blast in Idaho and although I miss them like crazy they deserve some fun times since it's been a pretty rough summer for them.

Thanks again for all your love and support. It really brightens my days. I hope everyone is doing super and I'll have time to get caught up on all of your lives now that mine is under control.