I got some bad news yesterday. We found out a couple of months ago that my brother out-law has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He had the thyroid removed a couple of weeks ago, which appeared to go well, but they've now got the results of the biopsy, and they didn't get it all. I don't yet have any more details of the prognosis, but it's pretty worrying.
In the face of that it seems a bit churlish to complain that I'm feeling under the weather, but still... I don't actually seem to have any symptoms of anything, but I've been sleeping loads - last night I went to bed at half past nine, thinking "when I wake up ridiculously early I can just use the time to get on with stuff", and then the next thing I know is my alarm going off ten hours later. Also running has felt rather harder than it should for the last couple of days.
On a more cheering note, I am quite pleased with myself for managing to drag myself out and go for a run anyway, despite really really not feeling like it. It was both shorter and slower than planned, but I think good for habit forming anyway. I've got choir practice this afternoon, which I'm looking forward to, and then I'm seeing Nathan this evening, and![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
leonato on stage on Thursday, and then this weekend obandsoller and I are going out for a transferred Valentines Day dinner, since a)I'm in Huddersfield, and b)we want to avoid the overpriced set menus on the day itself. So lots of good stuff to look forward to.
In the face of that it seems a bit churlish to complain that I'm feeling under the weather, but still... I don't actually seem to have any symptoms of anything, but I've been sleeping loads - last night I went to bed at half past nine, thinking "when I wake up ridiculously early I can just use the time to get on with stuff", and then the next thing I know is my alarm going off ten hours later. Also running has felt rather harder than it should for the last couple of days.
On a more cheering note, I am quite pleased with myself for managing to drag myself out and go for a run anyway, despite really really not feeling like it. It was both shorter and slower than planned, but I think good for habit forming anyway. I've got choir practice this afternoon, which I'm looking forward to, and then I'm seeing Nathan this evening, and
leonato on stage on Thursday, and then this weekend obandsoller and I are going out for a transferred Valentines Day dinner, since a)I'm in Huddersfield, and b)we want to avoid the overpriced set menus on the day itself. So lots of good stuff to look forward to.
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Date: 2019-02-05 02:41 pm (UTC)From:If you have access to a doctor, it wouldn't hurt to make an appointment if you're still feeling tired and having difficulties running by the weekend. Sometimes we ignore small symptoms because we feel like we're being whiners, but why tough it out if you don't have to? Also, those little things sometimes point to larger issues that can be more easily resolved if they're caught early. Assuming you can get a doctor to actually listen to you and do some testing.
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Date: 2019-02-05 05:57 pm (UTC)From:My Mum had thyroid cancer around a decade ago - there are different types but the most common (papillary thyroid cancer) is very treatable. After surgery (which is inherently fiddly with lots of structures very close together so thyroid tissue being left behind is not unusual) the next step is usually radioactive iodine treatment which should destroy any remaining thyroid tissue.
Really hoping your Brother OutLaw's treatment is as successful as Mum's was.
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Date: 2019-02-06 07:23 am (UTC)From:I hope you feel better soon, too.