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[serene]

It's not the best news I could've gotten, nor the worst. There was some cancer in the tumor that was removed, but it was very small (the doc called it "microscopic", but I'm able to see 2mm with the bare eye, so anyway), and it was clearly all taken out with the tumor. The surgeon recommends that I go on thyroid meds so that the half of my thyroid that remains will shut itself down. He thinks that taking it out surgically is overkill, and either way, I'll have to take thyroid meds forever. I'm leaning toward taking his recommendation, but it bums me out a lot. Not oh-my-god-freakout, just bummed.