Side Journey?

Some of you may know that for about the last year I have been dealing with Nodes? :) (catch my Pitch Perfect reference) Not those kind of Nodes though. I had a MultiNodular Goiter. Which pretty much means that I had nodes growing on/in my thyroid. (really I noticed it a long time ago, but it didn't bother me and they tested my thyroid and everything came back good so we didn't go any deeper) About a year and a half ago my dad "freaked out" on me and pretty much called me a bad name...... "Vivianne" (My grandma who had cancer but refused to go to the dr until it was too late and really I think my dad had to pick her up and carry her there literally, she ended up passing away just a few short months later) So that struck a cord with me, because especially now that I have a little guy that depends on me for the care and support that he needs. So I went to a primary care physician who sent me to a specialist and so the testing began. Of course once again my thyroid came back with a clean bill of health, but the ultrasound did not. And it wasn't good. I had 3 "nodes" and 1 of them was a pretty good size. I got to go through a Fine Needle Aspiration (pin cushioned my neck) to have them biopsied and they all came back benign! We watched them and I went back 6 months later and there was no change, so 6 months later I got to go back and have all of the ultrasounds and appts again. This time the biggest one grew. Grew so much that he couldn't even get an accurate read with the ultrasound wand, and so came the talks of removal.... He referred me to a Surgeon who I made an appt to go talk to just to see and ask my questions, you know what is this going to do to my journey? How will this effect me? What are the risks?  I was so thoroughly impressed that we set a Surgery Date. That surgery date was a week ago yesterday. Unfortunately due to the size of the nodulars he wasn't able to save the thyroid. But the parathyroids are all good and working. It's a little scary as I will be on a medication for the rest of my life but I think the Surgeon said it best when he said "You won't have Arnold Schwarzenegger neck anymore!"  or "It's like your neck gave birth when I opened it up. That was a huge gland missy!"
And it's true as I have been on my Journey to Mastering Melissa and as I have lost weight the multinodular goiter became more and more noticeable. (Or maybe I was just way more aware of it!) Good news is.... They sent out the thyroid to Pathology and it came back no signs of cancer, so besides annual dr visits to ensure that my dosage is correct I should never have to go down that road again!
This road has been very interesting to say the least. I want to say that the body is an AMAZING thing! I'm so glad that my body and health were where they needed to be before this surgery because I was up and walking around the next day. Was I 100% NO, and I'm still not, but it makes me wonder if I wasn't where I am today or if I had done this a year ago would there be a different story?
It'll be interesting to see how long until I'm able to really work out. Right now I'm up and walking roughly 2 miles every day, but that's about all I can do. Lifting and pressing are still kind of rough and there is no jumping or running around yet.
I'm willing to wait out the time that my body needs, but know that it is kind of killing me! It kills me to see my friends posting work out pics or even progress pics! (Keep doing it though, because it's motivating me even while I can't do it!)
Special thanks to my friends and family that not only were there for me through this past week but that have offered to do anything for me! Know that I appreciate it more then you know. I love you guys and I love the support group that I have in my corner.
From the Node Free girl who still has a bandage on her neck and is still getting funny looks everywhere she goes, who deep inside laughs every time someone stares at me.
Love -
The Node Free Ginger! (Not totally a ginger, but I think I am sometimes!)

Pic on left with nodes, pic on the right node free!