Prognosis...

Well this week I have spent quite a few days at the doctor and the hospital. (Don't worry nothing too serious, I think?) I have been feeling sort of lousy and tired and I can't seem to lose weight and my heart has been beating weird. Since about February I have also been growing some bumps on my neck. I really hate to go to the doctor so I have been putting it off for awhile. I finally made an appointment a couple of weeks ago. Wait time 2 weeks. Fast forward to last Monday, went to the doctor explained all my symptoms. She went through checked all my vitals. BP is a little high, keep a watch on that then she goes to feel my neck, oh I guess there really is something there isn't there? Yeah. I know I'm fat, but I've always prided myself on my slender neck, until recently. But this is different, distinct bumps. So she sends me down to the lab to have blood work done, thyroid tested, etc. Then since there are bumps she sends me to have an ultrasound on my neck, same day. Awesome we're getting somewhere, we're gonna figure this out really quick. Next day I get the call. You have a GOITER. Okay super. But your thyroid levels are normal. Okay so where is this thing coming from? We'd like you to have a CT scan. A, wait a second. Is this thing serious? (I'm saying this to myself, because I can't verbalize the thoughts that race through my head.) So the next day I have a CT scan, once again I am amazed at the awesomeness in which all of this is being processed. UNBELIEVABLE. So the CT. Weird stuff, had to wait an hour in the waiting room because the ER was backed up. Am I not important too? I actually scheduled an appointment. That's right. But no I am the last on the totem pole. Anyway by this time I am ready to get her done, get this IV in me, give me the contrast, take the picture, my head is throbbing (did I mention I've had a headache all week, been drowning in Coke to ease my pain). So the contrast solution when it enters your blood stream is sort of freaky. Like having a major hot flash all over body with extreme concentrations on your head and nether regions (feels like one's wet themselves). So wait time 2 days for results. Get the call today, definately a goiter. Okay So time to see an endocrinologist. Awesome. Give me the number I'll be on my way hopefully in the next week or two, because seriously who needs endocrinologists that much right? Call the office. Our next appointment is November 4th. Excuse me what? 3 months? (Once again this is all in my head, because seriously I don't verbalize). Or you could see the other doctor on October 7. Uh, okay. I guess I'll do that. 2 months. No big deal right? So now I have to wait, for who knows what to find out who knows how this thing is growing on my neck. I just hope it's worth all the wait and that in the meantime I don't freak out. I guess out of all of this I am thankful we don't have government healthcare because although 2 months seems like a long time, just think of having to wait possibly a year or more. Not Cool. So I have a goiter, and, uh, yeah...