Friday, October 7, 2011

A sad day...

Today is a sad day. It's not the end of the world. And I am grateful that I do not have thyroid cancer, but today I had some scary news confirmed.

I have Graves Disease.

And I think they couldn't have given the disease a scarier name.

I will see an Endocrinologist in 2 weeks and we will decide whether to do radioactive treatments to pretty much kill my thyroid or if we should completely remove it.

To be completely honest I would rather get the stupid thing out so that the worst parts of this incurable auto-immune disease would be stopped in their tracks, but we shall see what he has to say.

But for today I am going to cry a bit and let myself feel sorry for this crap that has been put on my plate.

And tomorrow I will move on and be positive.

3 comments:

Perschon Family said...

oh Chelsea...that is awful news! I will cry with you! i'm so sorry you have all this to deal with and fight in your life! i will be thinking of you!!

cory and tara said...

Chelsea- I am so sorry to hear what you are going through. You have had so much to deal with. I am thinking of you.

Angela said...

I am just catching up on blogs and read your post. Sorry Chels. You are an inspiration to me. You endure all that you have been given with grace and beauty. I am thinking of you.