Bonus Biopsy

Further to Wednesday's inconclusive result and really very small white marks on the PET scan, I was invited to visit QMC hospital (everything else has been at city Hospital so this was a change of scene) for an ultrasound view of the inside of my neck. This was to provide a more detailed look to try to identify whether the areas that showed up white on the PET were lymphoma or just a wonky thyroid (my words, not the doctor’s). The sonologist said it probably wasn't anything he’d normally worry about but given my recent medical history, he wanted to be sure by doing a biopsy. This was three ‘injections’ where he took parts of the lump out to send off and study. If you’ve ever tried to ‘just relax’ when someone pushes a needle into your neck, you’ll know that it’s not an easy thing to do. I have a bit of bruising now but hopefully the bit of missing neck is now in a lab with some scientists finding something conclusive.