Troubled Tuesday is basically my complaint day to complain about all the troubles I have, which could range from what is happening on TV shows to who knows what.
February 17
So I have been waiting to post about this until I had the final results. The night that we went to see Little Big Town I noticed that my throat was sore to the touch on the outside. I thought it was weird but whatever. By the end of the night my throat was swollen on the outside and hurt so bad to the touch. There was no pain inside my throat just the outside.
February 18
Sunday morning I woke up and my throat hurt. It hurt to cough, clear my throat, or do anything. There was a huge swollen area on the right side of my throat. It was bigger than an Adam’s apple. I ended up spending most of the day on the couch because doing anything hurt. By the end of the night I could barely turn my head to the right and it hurt so badly. I finally caved and took some Aleve and Tylenol. Swallowing those pills brought tears to my eyes it hurt so much. After about a half hour I felt better and was able to go to sleep.
February 19
When I woke up Monday morning the swelling had gone down quite a bit. It was still swollen but not anything like it was. I had a scheduled doctor’s appointment anyways so I had my doctor check it out. She sent me to get bloodwork done to check my thyroid levels. My throat hurt but I could handle the pain.
February 20
Tuesday I went shopping for Valentine clearance at Target and realized I had woken up with laryngitis. It hurt to talk, cough, or clear my throat. I got a phone call that my thyroid levels were all normal and I needed a CT scan. I was scheduled to get it in one week.
February 21
Wednesday the swelling was pretty much gone but the laryngitis was still there. I didn’t want to wait for a week to figure out what was wrong so I called around and was able to schedule a CT scan for that day. I went for the CT scan in the afternoon and they told me I would have the results the next day.
February 22
Thursday I heard nothing but still had the laryngitis. It was getting better but still.
February 23
Friday I called the doctor office and they did not have any results.
February 24
Saturday I had my sister’s baby shower so that took up the entire day for me. In the evening, I was checking my email and saw I had results of the CT scan sent to me through Promedica’s My Chart. I read the results and I have a thyroglossal duct cysts. The notes said that it was a cyst and they could see residual fluid from it rupturing. Of course, I Googled it and it said that I would need surgery to remove the cyst and the surgery requires a huge cut on the throat, an overnight stay in the hospital, and a rough recovery.
February 26
So after seeing the results and reading about it I was pretty sure unless the specialist said I had to have the surgery I would push to just watch it and see what happens. I made an appointment on Monday to see and ENT doctor. That appointment was for yesterday.
February 28
I finally got a call from my doctor office telling me what the diagnosis was and that I needed to see an ENT. Way ahead of them. The bad part is on the email I got is shows it was sent to my doctor on the 22nd. My doctor wanted me to take antibiotics because of the cysts rupturing to clear up any infection. I decided not to since it had been over a week since it had happened.
March 12
P and I went to my ENT doctor appointment in the afternoon. The doctor said they like to remove the cysts when they find it. He said that I could not do surgery but if it comes back I need to call immediately to get antibiotics and to see a surgeon. I agreed with that plan. I mean I have had it for 37 years (apparently you are born with them), and it has only now bothered me so maybe it will be another 37 years before it bothers me again.
So long story short…I have this cyst. I could get it removed but decided that I will just see what happens. I do not want to have surgery, get a huge scar, and stay in the hospital overnight. I know it’s bad but I have not spent a night away from P and am not ready yet. I know, I know I have to cut the cord sometime, just not yet.
What is troubling you?