So I never thought I would enjoy posting. It's kind of addicting, knowing people out there care about you enough to read your thoughts and hear about your journey. the past few days have been crazy, I have spent more time on the phone answering questions and becoming an expert overnight.
As many of you know, we are hosting a Relay for life here on campus at MSU. It's almost bittersweet, when I took over as the role of advisor, I never thought I would have survivor afterwards. I remember the stupid stuff, like the survivor cake, and thinking I wish I could have a piece. Looks like I can have my cake and eat it too! Our relay just hit the 10,000 dollar mark, which is AWESOME!! We have a huge fundraiser tomorrow night at Blue Bricks, I am so excited to see how well we do and get the advocacy information out.
For my relay committee members reading this, you guys are awesome. I have enjoyed working with you all so much, it broke my heart to have to tell you the news tonight. We all have a story of why we relay, mine just changed a bit, and yours did also. We are about to put on the best gosh darn relay anyone has ever seen!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wow - Who would have thought
hi everyone,
As most of you know, I received a bit of news this weekend. Rather than trying to relate the story and make sure everyone knows what is going on , I thought it might be easiest to write it online and allow you to access it yourself. I do enjoy the phone calls, so keep them coming!
I found out last Wednesday, March 25th that I have papillary carcinoma, a form of thyroid cancer. My Dr's have been following the nodules for three years, many people have them, only 5% turn cancerious. On a positive note, it is very curable, which is not often a word that shares the same sentence as cancer.
I will be having surger on April 24th to have everything including my thyroid removed. I could have had only the left side removed, but was told there was a 90-95% chance I would have to have surgery again in two weeks for the full removal to be safe. Needless to say, I would like to avoid extra surgeries (not to mention I am heading on vacation to Las Vegas and San Diego a few weeks later!).
Anyway, this is really all I know for now - I just wanted to find an easy way to keep people in the know and to share the facts. Feel free to ask questions or give me a call, I'm always up for good conversation.
As most of you know, I received a bit of news this weekend. Rather than trying to relate the story and make sure everyone knows what is going on , I thought it might be easiest to write it online and allow you to access it yourself. I do enjoy the phone calls, so keep them coming!
I found out last Wednesday, March 25th that I have papillary carcinoma, a form of thyroid cancer. My Dr's have been following the nodules for three years, many people have them, only 5% turn cancerious. On a positive note, it is very curable, which is not often a word that shares the same sentence as cancer.
I will be having surger on April 24th to have everything including my thyroid removed. I could have had only the left side removed, but was told there was a 90-95% chance I would have to have surgery again in two weeks for the full removal to be safe. Needless to say, I would like to avoid extra surgeries (not to mention I am heading on vacation to Las Vegas and San Diego a few weeks later!).
Anyway, this is really all I know for now - I just wanted to find an easy way to keep people in the know and to share the facts. Feel free to ask questions or give me a call, I'm always up for good conversation.
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