My biopsy is over, no word yet on the results

They told me to arrive at 9am for my Dr. apt on the 15th, to do insurance paperwork. My appointment was at 9:30am, but I wasn't seen until 11am and I was done at 11:20am. That was irritating. Mom took Zoe while I was seen. Apparently tons of doctors and nurses stopped to say how cute she was. That was nice.

Before the biopsy, the Dr. said, "The good news is Thyroid cancer is the easiest to treat" and I responded, "Well, my uncle died of thyroid cancer." The Dr. looked embarrassed and said that is really rare. "Well, let's get in there and see what we're dealing with." He used a needle to numb me and told me not to swallow. They did the first "fine needle aspiration" and looked at it under a microscope and the Dr. was told that they just saw blood, so he had to go in two more times for more samples and both of those they just saw blood as well. So I only had to deal with four needles total and I give blood, so it was fine, just the thought of it freaked me out, but I didn't feel much after they numbed me, just pressure in my throat. I kept thinking, "I've given birth, so this nothing," and that helped me calm down.

The Dr. said he thinks 95% that I'll be fine, but if they send the samples to the lab and see any cancer, I should find out in one to two weeks. I asked the guy who was looking under the microscope some questions, but he wouldn't answer any. He said I had to wait to talk to my doctor after the results were in, so that was annoying too, but I'm glad it's over. I feel confident that everything is fine. Of course, maybe I'm just in denial, like I was about David being Zoe's dad. I did watch Sex in the City that night. It was the episode where Samantha is dealing with the fact that she might die of breast cancer and I cried, so I guess I don't feel 100% confident, just 95% confident.

Still no word from Ellis.

Photo: Parker and Zoe. She was 3.5 months old in this photo, she will be 4 months on 8/24.