Once again another work day where I started to run out of steam in the afternoon. I wonder if/when that condition will improve.
Was not sure if the ThyCa meeting was this evening or next Thursday night. Lucky for me it was this evening, and there were a couple new people that attended. The discussion was good. One of the new members just had her TT surgery two weeks ago and wanted to know more about LID (low iodine diet) and what happens after you get your RAI dose. She did not know how big her tumor/nodule was, nor did she have her pathology report. She was even surprised to hear that you can choose not to have RAI. Well, in reality that is not a choice for everyone. The Mayo Clinic published a study in 2008 that showed that ThyCans with papillary carcinoma less than 2 cm have the same survival rate whether or not they had RAI. One of our members decided against RAI. And I'm learning that many more have done the same. Lucky for them.
Once again the meeting ran over, a little past 7pm, so it was too late for me to make my pilates class. I stayed to learn more about the facilitator position. I decided to become a co-facilitator, with Kira. We spoke with Mary about the responsibilities, changing the meeting dates and times, and how to get more people to attend, and possibly get some speakers at our meetings. I'm excited about it.
Next month our meeting is after the annual ThyCa conference in Dallas. The conference schedule was just published this evening. As I suspected, I'll be missing one or two Hurthle cell sessions on the first day since I would not be able to fly out until Friday morning, the first day of the conference. I haven't looked at the whole schedule, but I'm already sad that I will not be able to attend the conference.
Wow, I managed doze off for about 30 minutes just now. I'm exhausted, and I didn't even workout this evening.
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