Abnormal cells...

Abnormal cells were Jimmy's needle biopsy results which could mean that the cells are pre-cancerous, cancer or possibly even normal. So because of these results, he's scheduled for a partial thyroidectomy with frozen section which means that they are going to remove just the right lobe of his thyroid and have a pathologist standing by to quickly analyze the specimen and if he says that it is cancer, then the surgeon will go ahead and remove the entire thyroid and Jimmy will just have to take thyroid pills for the rest of his life. If the cancer has metastasized (traveled outside the thyroid to other locations) then I'm sure that will require further treatment and we're not going to even worry about that because his ENT doctor kept repeating that it was very good that it was caught so early.

So this is where we are right now and Jimmy is extremely happy about his results.

In the last few months Jimmy has also lost his sense of smell and taste and after a cat scan of his sinus' it was found that Jimmy has been suffering from a chronic sinus infection for a very long time that has never gone away. So steps to take care of this problem are ongoing and soon Jimmy will be able to taste & smell his favorite foods once again. Some of the things he said he misses most are being able to smell supper cooking, things baking in the oven and his morning coffee.

It's raining this morning but the temperature is nice. It getting to look like we may be in for a very beautiful Fall with lots of color this year. I hope so and it'll be so nice taking the bikes out and riding around looking at all the beautiful fall colors. In past years we've had to leave the state, which was also nice, in search of fall colors, but it looks like we won't have to look any farther than outside our door this year. Y'all have a nice day.

The looming test results

There's a hush in the house and everything has been quiet all day today. We are all secretly worried about the results of tomorrows visit to the doctor, so no one is saying anything about it. Jimmy looks sick although he says he feels fine. He's losing weight and isn't too interested in food, but that may be due to the fact that he has lost his sense of smell & taste and tomorrow they are also going to x-ray all of his sinus cavities to see if there might be a problem there that might affect his taste & smell.

Another reason I know that he's worried is because he did something he's never done before. Last night he sat down by me on the couch and watched the entire movie, Wild Hogs, and held me instead of his cat Jybow. That's when I really began to worry.

Tomorrow we'll get the results of his biopsy......Just say a prayer for Jimmy that he gets good news.