there's always something
so I have bad news and good news.
the bad news is that I have two spots that lit up like a Christmas tree on my radioactive iodine scan. I have 1 spot on my sacrum, and 1 on lower spine (L5). Do I feel them? No. But it is possible that it is a new or old cancer coming back to get me.
the good news is that I have excellent instinct and trust in myself. While my trusted endocrinologist was on maternity leave, another one filled in for her. She looked at my scans and said, “You need more radiation.” I asked her about the harm due to my history, and she seemed to not know anything about the Ewing’s or my history. The radiology department was franticly calling me and even my mom to schedule my appointment, but I kept ignoring them because deep inside, I know that more radiation would only do more harm than good. I told that i was surprised by her update to get the biopsy, as her colleague had to heavily pushed for more treatment. She replied, “You case is very complex. It’s very possible that these new legions are not thyroid cancer. The large dose of radiation you received in 2014 has already treated a majority of your thyroid cancer. If you got more radiation, it would not do anything.”
Lesson of the day:
Keep listening to that gut, Brianna. She is speaking to you. Take time to listen.