I remember the cold tone in the doctor’s voice when he told me, “If this is the worst thing that happens to you, you’ve lived a great life.” A physical from my family doctor started my world spinning. During the checkup, the doctor noticed a lump in my throat whenever I looked up. The curious look on the doctor’s face told me something wasn’t right. Bloodwork was ordered then. Although I have not been feeling energized, I thought I was just being a normal preteen since I was fifteen. However, when the blood work came back, there was an imbalance in me, and I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism. My doctor then told me this was easy to live with. That seemed to be the case until my world shifted more, and I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer.
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The morning of the appointment, I was nervous. I felt as if I had butterflies in my stomach, but it was most likely just hunger from not being able to eat yet. The eerie feeling of sitting in the waiting room was even worse when I smelt the smoky smell of the technician walk in. After of an eternity of waiting, the ultrasound began and there was a worried look on the technician’s face. He called the doctor in for further observation. The doctor looked intrigued, yet worried. The biopsy was taken shortly after. Days later, the results were in and there were atypical cells on the right side of my
The morning of the appointment, I was nervous. I felt as if I had butterflies in my stomach, but it was most likely just hunger from not being able to eat yet. The eerie feeling of sitting in the waiting room was even worse when I smelt the smoky smell of the technician walk in. After of an eternity of waiting, the ultrasound began and there was a worried look on the technician’s face. He called the doctor in for further observation. The doctor looked intrigued, yet worried. The biopsy was taken shortly after. Days later, the results were in and there were atypical cells on the right side of my