Hello everyone. Lately I have been feeling very lethargic, weak and irritated. At first I figured it was because I had a baby in 2020 but the symptoms kept going. My postpartum hair loss came back. My hormones seemed to be In check and my sun allergy caused by pregnancy was slowly going away.

On Saturday May 8th, I had an itch on the back of my head but something felt off. It had been itchy for a few days or so. I had my husband check and I legit had a bald spot on the lower left side. I freaked out. Monday morning I scheduled an appointment with my GP for Tuesday since it was the earliest appointment.

Tuesday rolls around and I’m trying to patiently wait for my appointment. This was a GP who really listened and allowed me to express my concerns thank goodness. I told her how I felt and that it had been for a while. I knew something has been wrong with me and I was guessing maybe my thyroid. So the dr had me fast for several blood draws and tells me to go to the lab in the morning. So I did on Wednesday morning.

On Thursday, I got the email from my hospital app stating that test results were in. 😬 As I’m reading them the nurse calls and says that I have a vitamin d deficiency. I figured I did since I have a sun allergy....soooo....🤦🏻‍♀️

I now take 3000iu vitamin D per day. No biggie!

She also said that my blood sugar was high and I’ll have it retested in 3 months. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

The kicker....my thyroid levels were off and she said it was alarming. 😓 I was right! I figured I would just get a prescription and be on my way. You know: help give me energy, level my hormones, help quicken my metabolism and maybe help with fertility! (We tried for 2 1/2 years for my son)

That wasn’t even close to what the dr had in mind. She told me I have to go to get a thyroid ultrasound. So I scheduled it and went to get it done on Friday. A few of my friends have hypothyroidism and none of them had to do an ultrasound. So of course I’m nervous.

I waited all weekend to finally get a call yesterday (Monday) and the nurse tells me that I need to see an ENT and an endocrinologist. 😱 I’m sure one of them is to help with medication but I’m nervous about the other. There are two nodes or whatever they are called that were of concern. Maybe one of those drs will do a biopsy?

There are scores for levels of thyroid cancer suspicion and I was ranked at level 3 for mildly suspicious. Great! 😓

I hadn’t been able to explain to my husband how I’d been feeling for so long until the moment he saw my bald patch. I cried so hard because I was so scared. Then I had a panic attack.😬

My irritability was taken out on him a few times and all he does is help me and be a super dad. He lets me sleep in while he’s working from home so how could I feel so exhausted an hour after waking up every morning? This all makes sense now. It’s because I’m...what would you call it? Sick? Tired?

As of right now I’m waiting for my appointment to see ENT which is next Tuesday, may 25th.

Has anyone gone through something similar and was diagnosed with thyroid cancer? Or gone through something similar in general? I could use some support and advice!

If you made it this far, thank you for reading.