Thyroid Nodule is Benign

Good news. My surgery was successful and the biopsy showed the growth to benign. The next step is to see if my right thyroid can produce enough hormones for my body. I get that tested in a couple of weeks.

I had some fun telling my 8th grade math class. A few minutes into telling my students that I was having part of my thyroid removed, one student asked if I would still be able to walk. This wasn’t the only class where I got the question.

In my Pre-AP class I was explaining how the thyroid controlled my body’s metabolism. One student asked what metabolism was and the whole class turned on him and said, “You don’t know what metabolism means?” The pre-AP is a tough class on their peers.