Hey there,
Here's the news I got today …. the pathology shows the mass has characteristics of cancer ….. but that doesn't mean it is cancer. They're going to remove the mass/left side of Thyroid on August. 22nd. They'll run all sorts of test on it and determine if it's cancer …if it's cancer I'll have a 2nd surgery to remove the rest of my Thyroid.
One other little glitch …I've never had a heart murmur before ….but today they detected one …. so I have to see a cardiologists next week to get cleared for surgery. I guess some people are born with one ….and others develop is when something else is going on. Hopefully it's because of my thyroid and not an issue itself!!
Thanks again for all your thoughts & prayers!
Hi Angie 🙂 You´re in my prayers every day. I know very well what you´re going through actually. (I was born with a heart murmur and got this fixed 6 years ago and my thyroid gave up its job 4 years ago.)Never give up smiling ! Courage ! 1000 Hugs 🙂
Angie – I am wishing you all the best for a successful outcome! I have been down the cancer path 7 years ago and had a positive outcome! And am sure you will too with all the positive vibes you will receive. Take strength! Hugs Nx
Angie, just wanted to say you are in my thoughts and prayers! You have had a rough year, haven’t you? Do what you need to do and let me know if there is anything I can do for you long distance.
Oh, Angie…I am so sorry to hear you have to have surgery. I’m glad it is soon and you can get this over with. What can we say other than we are with you in our hearts and love you so much! I have been checking every hour today with fingers crossed. Thank you for keeping us posted…you must be very tired after the past few months…try to keep positive and take some time for yourself. Sending lots of love, prayers, and hugs…one Ang to anothe. xoxo
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers! I know it’s difficult to carry on day to day things when your mind is on other things! Blessings–Dawn
many prayers going out to you.
Best wishes during these trying times!
Dearest Angie I will keep you in my daily prayers. I know the Lord will bless you. I hope you can feel his peace. Wish I was there to bring meals into you and your family while you recover. Take good care of your self.
Thinking of you, Angie – keeping you in prayer that the surgery goes well and you get the all-clear 🙂
I am so sorry for your trials. I prayed to God for His guidance and mercy. I am hoping you get a good report back from your surgery.
Wishing you peace and healing in the days ahead.
My prayers are with you and your family at this time.
I have had Thyroid Cancer. I had my surgery to remove all of it in 2008. If you wanna talk/email me I would be glad to hopefully be a help. cris
Angie,
Praying for your quick healing. May God bless you and be with you.
Karen
Praying for good results.
Best wishes for you & your family,
Take care,
Kathy x.
You will remain on my prayer list until you tell me to remove you, Angie! Praying for the best…
I am hoping you get a good report back from your surgery… You´re in my prayers every day. I know very well what you´re going through actually..Good blog..
I’m crossing my fingers for you Angie. I’m so sorry to hear that you are havin health problems. I had so much fun meeting you at convention. My thoughts are with you now!
All my thoughts and prayers go out to you Angie. Take the time to care for yourself and let those around you care for you too.
Praying that all will turn out well.
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Be blessed and you will be well.
Angie,
I have been following your blog for some time, and I just love your work! I also have seen that the past year has been a difficult one for you and your family. Remember that God has you in the palm of His hand and nothing happens outside of Him. Many prayers are being offered by your friends and none of them are unheard.
My thyroid shriveled up and disappeared back in my 20’s and one tiny pill a day keeps me going just fine. Hope it turns out that easy for you. Lots of positive thoughts going your way. Take care.
Angie- I have been a long time follower of you blog and feel as if you are a neighbor of mine! I just wanted to let you know that I was diagnosed with papiliary thyroid cancer almost 8 years ago. Thyroid cancer is very curable. I had both sides of my thyroid removed at the same time. Pathology checked before the surgery was completed and my whole thyroid was removed. I later had treatment of the radiation pill (which was a bigger pain) than the surgery. If you have any questions, please e-mail me. I guess I just wanted you to know that the word is scarier than the actual ordeal. You will be just fine.
Lots of love
XX
Sending Love and prayers to you and your family, I have followed you for over a year now know the papercrafting community is behind you so keep your chin up and don’t forget to smile even on the not so good days.
Auntie Marg
Angie – my thoughts and prayers are with you. Keep positive as it will help you through this.
Angie
I am in awe of your talent and check in with you almost daily. My prayer list has you at the top. Think good positive thoughts and know you are surrounded in prayer. Jan
Hoping for good news! (HUGS)
Angie * You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers! Take time for your self and your family and get plenty of rest! Take Care and God Bless
You are in my prayers. I was faced with the big diagnosis almost 5 years ago. I am a take charge person and felt helpless. I found out what it truly means to totally give all over to God. I would not change anything, what a blessing I received!!
Love and best wishes from the UK Angie. I’m a big fan of your site and your enthusiasm is infectious. Now it’s time to take time for you 🙂 My thoughts are with you through this uncertain time for you.
I’m sure this is not the news you wanted but glad they found and can treat it. My dad had similar surgery (1/2 removed then went back for other half followed by short treatment of radiation) and has been cnacer free for 16 years. We will certainly keep you in our prayers along with medical team and your family. Hang in there…your marshmellow enabler…De
Our prayers are certainly with you, Angie. Waiting is the hardest part.
hello angie i will keep you in my thoughts. everything will be ok get well soon.
Prayers and hugs and lots of them. God Bless.
Judy
Angie, Prayers are going your way for peace and God’s healing hand to be placed upon you. Sunshine hugs to you
Been thinking about you… Hope all goes wellGood luck and take care.
Angie, my thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. Take care. Big hugs, Susie
Angie, I just want you to know that you’ll be in my thoughts and prayers. Stay positive and take good care of yourself. Pray to the Blessed mother to intercede to her Son…He never refuses His mother!!!
Just a quick note to let you know you’ll be in my thoughts and prayers in the days and weeks ahead. Thanks for your wonderful blog and all you share all the time!
Saying a prayer for you and for the family…….. trust in God. Praying for the doctors also.
My son had to have his thyroid removed. Dr said if you are going to have cancer then hope it is thyroid cancer because it has the highest survival rate so stay positive. Now heart mumur I wss already prep gor surgery and the stopped my surgery set me up appt with cardiologist the following week – did the whole run of test and guess what. I have an abnormal normal and i am fine so this said just trust in the lord.
Angie,
I’m so sorry to hear about your health problems. My thoughts and prayers are with you. I have a heart murmur too and it’s been ok for me and I’ve had surgeries and I’ve had no problems:)
Big Hugs
Praying for you and your family, sweetie !!! I have a peace that everything is going to be alright…love you so much!
Angie: I will be sending you prayers from Arizona for ALL POSITIVE ENERGY and a result that is normal and requires NO ADDITIONAL Surgery. Please stay positive and look forward with strength and determination. You are a very special person to all of us out here in this papercrafting world. Rubber Hugs to you!
Thinking good thoughts, praying for you and wishing you rainbows. Gabby 🙂
Hi,
Read your post about thyroid problems. I had both lobes of the gland removed many years ago because of cancer…the disease is very treatable. Best wishes. If you would care to reply feel free to do so.
Angie, You are in my thoughts and prayers! Keep your faith and strength up! God Bless you!
Hi Angie! I also wanted to let you know that I also had a tumor on my thyroid over 30 years ago. They removed the tumor and half of my thyroid. Thank the lord it was benign. And I’ve never had to be on any medication. But it’s always scary. My prayers are with you.
Angie, I am sending positive thoughts your way. Take care.
Angie, one of my BFF’s has just gone through this exact process. Her’s was cancer. Tyey removed it. She did the radioactive treatment about a month after her surgery and is doing GREAT now. Praying it is non cancerous. She found a support group on Facebook. Praying for you and for your peace of mind.
Lifting you up in prayer. I know that the Lord can heal you.
Praying for a successful outcome and that your faith and inner strength will see you through the next few weeks. Hugs to you.
You are in my thoughts and my prayers. May God lift you up in spirit and wrap his healing arms around you. \o/
Praying for the Lord to be with you and your family.
You’ve really had a rough year! I’m sending good thoughts & prayers your way & hope to hear good news soon.
Sending many prayers and good thoughts your way. I hope you hear good news soon. Please take time to do some research about the thyroid, I think it may ease your mind a bit. My brother in law had to deal with this about 2 years ago and he is now back in top notch health. We are all keeping you in our thoughts and as you know the power of prayer is strong. Blessing to you,
Lysa
Angie- Sending healing thoughts and prayers!
Prayers for you and your family!
Thinking of you and hoping that all will turn out well! God bless.
You are in my thoughts & prayers. Hope everything goes well & things get back to normal for you quickly. Thanks for the updates.
Hi Angie
I just wanted to drop you a line and say, I had a cancerous lump connected to my Thyroid and I had it removed when my son was 2. He’s 21 this year, the only problem I have is trying to remember to take my thyroxine. Take care but I’m sure you’ll be just fine.
Jeanne Gray (England)
Just wanted to let you know that you are in my prayers.
Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.
good luck on your surgery, I hope it all turns out ok.
Angie, I’m a rather new demo that visits your site and wanted to let you know that you will also be on my prayer list. I had non-Hodgkins lymphoma in my thyroid and went through treatment 12 years ago. I will be praying first that it is not cancer and that you will be cleared for your surgery. Let us know exactly how to pray as you proceed.
Blessings,
Diane
Stay strong, think positive, keep the faith & let those around you be of help. We care…
Thinking of you!! Please keep us updated. I feel like you are family reading your blog most every day.
Sorry to hear this. I hope everything goes well for you. I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Take some time for you and get lot’s of rest. Everything else can wait 🙂
Thoughts and prayers for positive results all the way around!
Sending hugs and prayers your way.
Angie, so sorry to learn of this news. I will definitely hold you & your family up in prayer. You are an amazing, strong & lovely person and I will pray that God will give you strength & guidance along with healing.
Your in my thoughts.
Best wishes,
Sonia
My mom went through Thyroid Cancer, She was very scared but in the end it ended up being fine, She had her thyroid and some lymph nodes removed (Luckily its slow spreading because she first felt the lump when she was pregnant with my little sister who was 22 at the time she was diagnosed and the Dr. thought nothing of it.) She had one treatment of Radiation and has 4 yearly checkups that have given her a clean bill of health. Regardless its a scary thing, Your in my prayers!
Hi Angie,
I’m so sorry to hear your news! But as so many have said thyroid cancer is very curable! Also, I’m surprised that no one mentioned this, but the heart murmur could possibly be because of the tumor causing issues with your thyroid – you see excessive amounts of thyroid hormone in your blood can cause a heart murmur as well as a racing heart beat. I know first hand, my mom had several murmur “attacks” recently. You see her doctor changed her thyroid medication after 20 years. I took her to the emergency room and after seeing a cardiologist and several other doctors they came to the conclusion that her medication should not have been changed. She went back on her old medication and everything went back to normal with a couple of days. Good luck! You’ll be in my thoughts/prayers.
Angie. I am an 18 year survivor of thyroid cancer! I had paplicary and folicular cells on both sides. Will pray that you will have the same success. Would also be happy to share my experiences along the way. Best wishes. It’s great to be a cancer survivor!! I will agree with kristine, the radiation pill is the proverbial ‘big pain’. No side effects just the precautions cause it is — radiation after all.
Hi Angie,
I will be praying for your surgery and successful outcome and for a negative result on the pathology. I just came through this same exact thing. The surgeries were easy, I never took any pain meds other than Tylenol. The recovery was quick too. In my case, the pathology report showed cancer. The treatment for my cancer was a breeze and I am feeling great. Most of the time however, these masses are benign. Prayers coming your way!