How does my neck look? 10/18/10

It's been five months since my second surgery. I sometimes forget how much I have gone through in the past six months. I wonder how I will feel about everything seven months from now, 43 months from now, 10 years from now.

The cool thing about hanging out with Viv for a weekend is that we revisit our lives from 17 years ago (when we took a trip to SF over my bday weekend and I decided on the flight back that I'd move to SF with her), up to the time when I left to move back to SD. How much different were we then than we are now. What would have still happened if we both stayed in SF. We both agree that I would still have discovered that I had ThyCa, but she thinks perhaps it would have been detected sooner. I don't know. I imagine it may have presented itself in a different manner, but the surgery, RAI, and everything else would have happened around the same time.

What I'm pretty sure would have been different is my life style in SF. Would it still have been miserable? That would depend on my work and home life. Would I have the same job I have now? Doubtful. But hopefully I would have managed to buy a condo or a house somewhere in the city. Viv said that if I stayed, she would have too. I definitely know that my support group under ThyCa conditions would be as good as they were, if not better so long as I had my sister with me. No doubt.

Anyway, it didn't happen that way. Last year I had other things to worry about, we all did. But so much can change in a year. If you can remember what my neck looked like last year or even several years ago, tell me how you think it looks now.