It has been almost a year since I first noticed the lump at the front of my neck. Since then, I have developed a very tumultuous love/hate relationship with the butterfly shaped gland that wraps around my trachea, my thyroid....or as I affectionately call it, My Goiter.
I decided to write this blog because I am now facing the possibility of having a thyroidectomy. While I have found an incredible amount of information and support on the Internet from other people that have faced this disease, I have yet to find anyone that has chronicled their journey of a thyroidectomy from the very beginning. Not to say that they aren't out there, I just haven't found any. Most of the writings I have found start after the thyroidectomy and therefore have not helped me with the fear and indecision that I am now facing.
Since I was diagnosed, I have scoured the Internet in search of comfort in forums and on blogs. Just knowing that I was not alone was monumental. I hope that by writing this blog and documenting my journey from the first scary step, I will bring comfort to someone else that is facing, or will face the prospect of losing their thyroid.
And so my journey begins......
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