Interesting weekend

Elvy. I've been waiting to meet this woman for a few weeks now. Her brother-in-law is a member of my Dad's church group. I found out a few weeks ago that she had a total thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer a month after I did, but she had a lot of complications. I finally met her at a picnic on Saturday. I found out she is on her second week of the low-iodine diet and will get her RAI dosage in a week. It felt good talking to someone else who has gone through the same things I have (FNA biopsy, surgery, crappy low-iodine diet, etc.), esp since that does not happen all that often. I think I was able to put her at ease regarding RAI/WBS and what to expect when she starts taking Levoxyl after RAI. For a cancer that affects such a small population it is still interesting how no two cases are alike. Treatments differ depending on the doctor or insurance policy (it seems), side affects vary; perhaps the only thing we all have in common is wondering when our lives will return to normal. I'm no expert on my disease, but I'd do anything I could to help ease the new comers into the group. I just hope that no one I care about gets a personal invitation. Well, I guess I wouldn't want my frenemies in this exclusive group either, so let's just cast the net even wider and I say that I hope no one that I know has to be eased into the group. That would be kinda cool if by knowing me, people would get a free pass on thyroid cancer!

In addition to the 25 minutes of personal public pain I experienced Friday evening, my laptop once again died on me. I thought it died earlier last month (the screen either whited out or blacked out, and pc would not respond) but it eventually turned back on. As of Friday night I have not been able to get the screen to turn on, so I think I'm really out of luck this time. I was able to get a new laptop earlier this evening. Still not so sure how I feel about losing my old laptop (an HP tablet pc - it was awesome!), but like everything else in my life right now, I need to embrace change. So, hopefully my new Toshiba laptop will serve me longer than the two previous HPs.

On a more positive note, this morning I finished my first bottle (qty 30) of Levoxyl - one bottle down, and a life time more to go..... And, my siblings will be in town for the next two weeks! I am looking forward to spending time with my family.