How does my neck look? 5/22/11

I haven't been good at posting neck photos this month. Been very preoccupied. I even missed posting on May 17th, a year after my second, completion surgery, to remove the right side of my thyroid. How did that day pass without me posting about it? Not sure. Was that more of a defining moment than hearing from my ENDO three days later that a different type of thyroid cancer was found on the right side? That day I felt like I should not only pig out on froyo, but buy a bunch of lottery tickets as well - how lucky was I to have not one, but two types of ThyCa?

Thinking back to what I was feeling and going through a year ago today (Saturday, May 22, 2010), I know my neck, back, and shoulders were still very sore from the surgery and from having to sleep at a 45 degree angle for so many days. I remember the pain and soreness in my upper back stayed for several weeks this time. Maybe that was from not fully recovering from that first surgery. I was looking forward attending my very first ThyCa meeting. I was wondering what RAI was going to be like and the LID diet I would have to do for two weeks before hand.

Today, I'm worried why I'm always feeling tired - is it a bad batch of T3? will my meds have to be changed again? I am not looking forward to my next round of LID that starts on Memorial day (May 30th), and a little worried about what my 1-yr WBS (scheduled for June 15th) will look like - will my 'mystery tissue' show uptake? What about the areas of my thyroid bed that showed intensity last year? Then there's the unsuppressed Tg/TgAB blood draw. What about the two Thyrogen shots I have to take before my RAI scan dose? - will it be affected by the global Thyrogen shortage? So, different year, different worries. But there are many worse things I could be worrying about right now, so I am fine with where I am now because at least now I have a better idea of where this is all going, so far, at least.

Anyway, how does my neck look?