Tomorrow morning, I have an appointment with the ENT surgeon. He'll examine me, review the ultrasound results for the thyroid, and then make his recommendation as to whether to just take part of the thyroid for biopsy or whether he needs to remove the whole thing. From what my internist has said, due to the number of tumors, location, and the high risk that they're malignant, it's very probable that he'll recommend taking out the whole thyroid. And I'll find out what the surgery will entail, as well as when it will be scheduled.
Then on Monday afternoon, I head to my oncologist's Setauket office for the PET scan to get a better idea if the tumors in my spleen are malignant. If they "light up" on the scan, as my oncologist put it, the probability that they're malignant is even higher and then I'll definitely need to have my spleen removed for biopsy.
Needless to say, both appointments have me nervous and worried. I'll do whatever I need to, just as I always have, but I was kind of hoping I was done with surgeries. I'm not so much worried about the thyroid surgery, since that's fairly common and straightforward from what I understand, but the spleen one would be pretty serious. So I'm worried. And that's not even considering that either or both surgeries could confirm the suspicion of cancer and land me in chemo and radiation afterwards.
I will do whatever I need to, as aggressively as I need to, to give myself the best chance. I just don't want to have to.