Can We Re-Name Graves’ Disease?
“It’s not a TUMA!” I repeatedly said to my husband all week.
But it is a ‘Nodule’
The report I received first thing on this sunny Sunday morning was that I had three nodules on my thyroid. I didn’t look at the sizes on the report. I don’t want to know.
After finding a Dr. who actually took ten minutes to actually listen to me, I explained that I could feel something in my throat. It was hard to swallow. The Dr. ran all sorts of lab and ordered an ultrasound of my thyroid. I knew something was odd during the ultrasound. The technician kept measuring what looked like black holes on the right side of my neck, and there was nothing like that to measure on the other side.
In the online patient records part of my file, there is a comment for each lab and test from my Doctor.
“No signs of diabetes. You are on the border of hypoglycemic, eat small meals through the day…..”
“I have ordered Vitamin D, please take and sit in the sun for at least 20 minutes daily.”
“Hashimoto’s is definitely active.”
Wait, what? Hashi what? Well, finally getting a diagnosis is nice. I googled it immediately. A thyroid issue. Ok. I can deal with this.
“There is a nodule that I want to keep an eye on. I want to treat your Grave’s Disease…
