So first of all, I have to say an overwhelming thank you to all of you who posted and prayed for me. Everyone is so gracious and I'm truly humbled by the kindness and support you all showered me with. For those that don't know, in 2011, 6 weeks before a monster certification exam I had my thyroid removed due to suspicious results. It was cancer and I followed that with the normal radioactive iodine treatment that fall. Basically to summarize, the next few months after that were rough due to medication reactions and my system just being overloaded from the quick changes that had happened. My body was just overwhelmed. Not really a big deal now other than following up with my doctor until a 5 year mark. This July I had a standard ultrasound of the neck that showed enlarged lymph nodes and recommended follow-up with a biopsy. So that was what today was about. Last week I saw my ENT, who also felt the nodes and confirmed that they were swollen and thought the biopsy was a good ideal as well as my endocrinologist. On Friday, I had a co-worker/friend feel the area that would be biopsied today and again, she raised her eyebrows and felt the area.
Last night was a blur. I was nervous and scared because not the procedure so much but what it could mean. I knew any lymph wasn't good if they found something and the next steps would be very unpleasant. I prayed and then posted and that was it.
So this morning when I went in I will admit I was having trouble feeling the spots that they would biopsy. My mother-in-law prayed over me and read healing scriptures over me as I drove to work and told me that she had prayed all week that any bad cells would be replaced with good.
Well, I'm happy to say I didn't even have to wait for results. There was nothing there to biopsy. You can turn that into whatever you want. I came home and read the old results from July again. Yep they were there. But not today. You can say what you want. You were sick in July and they were just big---no I wasn't sick in July. Summer is my best time when allergies are calm and upper respiratory doesn't flare. They were there 3 weeks ago for the endocrinologist and last week for the ENT. But today, I know why they weren't. Thank you for your prayers. I praise God for Jeremiah 30:17. As the Gideon study taught me.....I won't dare put the praise in another place, or write it off, or take the credit for myself. There is a great God and He did a mighty work for me today and I KNOW IT. It may seem small to some, but not when its your body and your going through it. The mental prep alone is exhausting. Praise the Lord that when I thought I would have to do something, He removed it completely. Funny how I read over Ephesians 3:20 this morning before going in. Immeasurably MORE. Well, yes HE DID!
