I’ve been reminded of a few milestones in the past month or so, but because of work and school and my consulting job and weddings and getting a dog and….you get it…I haven’t really had time to reflect.
Last week was a year to the day that I found out I needed to have surgery. A few weeks before that was a year since I had my biopsy.
I can remember the appointments and the waiting and the week or so in between the two events like it was yesterday. It’s amazing how fast a year goes by.
I had an appointment with my endocrinologist last week. It’s been 3 months since my last appointment (which is the longest in between appointments I’ve gone this year!), and he wanted to make sure my blood work and levels were holding steady.
I’m happy to report they are. I felt a wave of relief as he told me I wouldn’t have to have another scan until February. After a year of adjusting and readjusting and lowering and increasing my dosage, it’s comforting to know that something is working.
I wasn’t blogging when I had the biopsy or the appointments or the surgery – I came back to blogging a month after surgery because I felt like I needed a place to talk about what was happening. With almost a year under my belt in this crazy experience, I feel like I can look back at things a little bit more objectively. I’ll be posting a few “guides” if you will, or information about my experience in the hopes that they’ll help someone else out there.
I’m also putting up my Feats tab. I decided the New Years is much too far away to recommit to my goals. My Cancer-versary seems like a much more appropriate time to take stock of my life and reflect on where I want to go and who I want to be.
I’m so happy to hear your scans looked good! I always breath an extra huge sigh of relief when my dad calls me with that message after his MRIs and stuff.
Thanks Errign! No scans until Feburary (thank goodness!) but yes to the comforting relief of hearing good news – I know you can relate!
Erin – this is great, great news!! Its so amazing to think of how far you have come and how many changes you’ve made and how much there is to look forward to! It’s inspiring!!
Thanks for visiting Jodi!! It is really amazing to think about this past year. So insane! So glad we got to share a weekend of it at Kripalu
Annnd this made me cry.
I’m so glad to hear your scans came back normal, and I think it’s wonderful that you have chosen to use this experience to reflect on your life and yourself. You’re an inspiration, Erin. May you have many, many years of good health ahead of you.
THIS made me tear up!! Thanks so much, Hillary!
I’m so happy to hear that all is well!!
I’m so glad everything is on the right track for you! Just curious, what made you get your thyroid checked out in the first place? What were your symptoms? Before I found out about my hypothyroidism, I was convinced it was something worse, the way I felt so tired and an occasional tightness in my throat, sometimes a hoarse voice too. I was certain that my ultrasound was going to come back with some nodule or enlarged gland. It didn’t, but my symptoms were so weird that I can’t imagine what what one feels like when it IS cancer!
WOOP! Great news!!!!
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