Surgery 2/13/12

So I went in to have 1/2 my thyroid removed at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, by Dr. David Moore. When I woke up I vaguely remember the doctor telling me that they had found some cancer and had to remove my whole thyroid. He had to leave a little thyroid tissue because it was wrapped around my vocal chords. I was shocked. How could the FNB be so wrong? I can't even begin to explain how it felt to hear those words "CANCER"! My husband was there but he seemed fine. Anyone that knows him can understand. He's a very calm, cool and collected kind of guy. Besides, it wasn't all for sure until pathology finished all of there tests. My neck hurt really bad. Mostly in the back. It had hurt since the FNB. Felt like my lymph nodes were swollen. The front of my neck was covered and I was afraid to look. When I finally did I cried. It was a huge cut across my whole neck. It was red, swollen and really ugly. I couldn't move because it hurt so bad. I was in the hospital for 2 nights and then came home with pain meds. I guess I should be thankful that the surgeon and pathologists in the operating room were so skilled and knowledgable. That they recognized cancer and could take out both sides of my thyroid in that one surgery. What happens usually is they remove half, then close, wait a week for pathology then go back in a week later and take the rest of the thyroid if it was cancer. So there's a blessing.