Another lesson learned

Wait, am I not done learning lessons? Argh. So I thought I would find out last week if I have to have radioactive iodine again, but it turns out that I won't know until later this week. My test results are usually available the next morning, but apparently thyroglobulin doesn't come back so soon. I didn't ask my endocrinologist before the blood tests when I would know the results, so I made a wrong assumption. I've done that many times, and it's not any less disappointing this time versus in July when I assumed I would know other results. Friday morning I woke up to an email from Kaiser that I had test results ready, which I get every morning after I get blood tests. The only results available were for my TSH and free T4 unfortunately. I asked my endocrinologist and she said the test for thyroglobulin was sent to the University of Southern California and we'll have the results in a week or so. So that's a bummer. My TSH was 0.01. It baffles me that it could be such a low number, meaning it's so high. I don't know why I never experienced any symptoms like heart palpitations. My doctor did change my dosage, though, so I won't be so high. I'll go from 168 micrograms of levothyroxine to 150 micrograms.

So hopefully I'll find out soon what is coming next. I'll also mention that today I finally received my disability payments. I filed 13 weeks ago, about one week after surgery. I'm so grateful. I had to pay all my bills with my savings for months. It almost completely depleted my savings. I struggled to get a hold of the powers that be, to no avail. Finally I got the paperwork in the mail letting me know that the money is on my debit card that they provided months ago after my first claim.

I had a really great Christmas, and I hope you all did too. For me, it's two days of visiting with both sides of my family who I don't get to see all the time.

I think I'm getting a cold. How pathetic is that? I've been really sick this year, but not because I didn't wash my hands enough.

In conclusion, (she said as she rolled her eyes) I can't ever make assumptions ever. Especially when it comes to thyroid cancer. I can't really say "lesson learned" because I'll do it again. Because I always want to be in the know when it comes to this part of my life that I have so little control of.