Rain and radiology appts

It has been raining non-stop here since this past weekend. The only good thing about it is that it has not been too cold this whole time. It should start to clear up on Thursday, but it is not soon enough. Not too big on running in the rain, and that is most likely what I will be doing at run club this evening. It is also a shoe-trial run (Nike Lunar Eclipse, or something like that), so I wonder if we will still get to run in the trial shoes if the shoes are certain to come back wet and muddy.

Finally got a call from the radiology dept for my follow up ultrasound. Once again I will have my mammogram and neck ultrasound back to back, this time on January 27. Last year, I did the same thing for my first mammogram and neck ultrasound. Hopefully the ultrasound results this time will be a lot better than the results from last year - a few hours after my ultrasound, my doctor's office called to let me know that I had a "left thyroid mass", and they were sending me to specialist. I remember being a little shocked to hear that it wasn't really a roll of fat on my neck, but I also remember not feeling comfortable hearing more words I didn't understand, "left....thyroid....mass...WTF!" was all I could think after that call.

Yeah, I know I can't do anything (like freak out about it) until I have the ultrasound and get the results, but that doesn't mean I won't worry or think about it. Rest assured I am not losing any sleep over it. But, it would have been nice to finish this too eventful year with a positive health outlook. Instead, not only do I end the year with uncertainty, next year has the potential of starting out sucking just as well. You know, I used to say I didn't want to live past 50 so I could completely avoid the downward health spiral that returns the elderly to diapers, but now I wish I had said 40 because then I would have never had to live through this year. Right, another year, another challenge. If I ever thought my life was boring before, nothing will ever compare to the excitement and anxiety I had this year.