I beat cancer...

This morning, I went into the hospital again for my total body scan. The waiting room was very lively...more than usual. My mom came along with me since she was in town, so she got most of the fun and excitement... :) 


The total body scan was a little different (I think it was just a different machine.) than last time. It still took up most of the room that we were in, but wasn't as "new." 


The tech asked me if I was claustrophobic because it gets/scans really  close.  I usually don't, so we carried on. I laid on a "table" that slides in and out of the machine. She slid me down towards the area that scans and it all started. *By the way, she was not lying when she said it got close. I've done this once before and I feel like I was closed inside of a box 2 inches from the tip of my nose. Claustrophobic? Just a little, but I knew if I didn't do it, I would have to come back...not happening. The scan took a total of 43 minutes, give or take a few seconds. Once I was all done, I went back into the waiting room, where my mom got to know some people more than she had planned. :) After about 20 minutes, my pictures were finished and I was off to my endocrinologist. 


After leaving the hospital, I went straight to his office so he could see the report and scan. After a few minutes, he came in and started explaining that he saw "activity" in the area where he shouldn't see any "activity." Then he stepped out to talk to the radiologist at the hospital...
Once he came back, he explained that the tech did not make me lift my head up far enough and the "activity" was my salivary glands. Apparently, the tech (who had "other" things to do...?) didn't have me on the pillow properly and my salivary glands looked like they were down in my "used to be thyroid area" having a party. No worries...The radiologist said it happens and apologized. My endocrinologist said that everything turned out the way he wanted it to and would look at my blood work when it came back. The blood work is another way of confirming that everything "worked." 


Yay! Whoop! :) 


All this comes 7 days before my year anniversary of my first thyroid surgery, where I found out I had cancer. I beat cancer... Almost a year has gone by, and I have many people to thank but will give God all the glory. My faith has grown so much stronger over the past year, and I hope I will be a small testimony of how great He truly is. How can people not believe? I serve a mighty God; the Great Physician. 

This is my mom and me... Relay for Life 2012.