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I’m 48 years old today!

My throat seems more sore today than yesterday, but I haven’t been using as much pain medication. There’s still the big lump where the thyroglossal duct cyst was, and my voice is still squeaky. The nurse said yesterday that it’s still pretty soon after the surgery to worry about it.

As far as the hyperparathyroidism: I have not needed any Imitrex since the first day after I came home (yay!!) nor have I felt like I was on the verge of a migraine.

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The skin where the wounds are itches like crazy, which I suppose is a good sign of healing. I want to scratch it to bits. My voice is better than it was yesterday — not as much squeaking. That means the swelling is going down some. I realized yesterday that if for some reason the swelling increased, I could suffocate. I’d have no way to breathe. But it’s not that bad now.

I’ve spent most of today and yesterday getting this new blog figured out, and have been working on financial stuff. I had a conference call today, too. Been watching the birds. Grackles are shiny black pigs with wings. I filled up the birdfeeder this morning and it’s empty already! Only three grackles can balance on the feeder at once, but there were five trying to all get on at the same time today. It’s fun to watch them, even if they do inhale all the food from the finches.

Thyroglossal duct cyst surgery (top steristrip) and parathyroidectomy (bottom steristrip) on day of discharge. The vertical purple lines are just ink. The only two scars are hidden under the white steristrips. I can’t wash the purple off (or the yellowy-brown iodine). I have to wait until things heal up and the strips fall off.

This lump in my neck was what my thyroglossal duct cyst was like a year and a half ago. Right now, it’s not so large. It comes and goes in size. Friday, it should go away altogether, with the surgeon’s scalpel.

I’m going to have my neck cut twice this coming Friday. As I mentioned in the post below, “Fractured bones galore,” I have osteoporosis. I recently had some tests done, found out I have hyperparathyroidism. I also have an unrelated neck problem, a thyroglossal duct cyst.

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Felix, Sheila, Rene and me (and Xena and Aeilla) repulsing the tiger
See more pictures of us in the park at http://www.marfanlife.net/jeanette/tai_chi/

This year so far has been full of bone fractures for me. I’ve fractured my right forefinger, my right big toe, my left wrist and my tailbone. I’ve got osteoporosis, and tests show I have hyperparathyroidism. I’ll get that fixed soon.