Don't move

Don’t move, don’t swallow; you can breathe, if you can do so without moving.

That’s pretty much what the radiologist said and with my head hyper-extended for so long, that's definitely what it felt like. But it didn’t take more than an hour and everyone was nice. There were even fish on the light fixture, like an aquarium scene over the florescent.

Now there’s the pain in swallowing and talking--both things it’s hard not to do.

I’ve got my ice pack to reduce swelling and a nap ahead. They’ll have to wake me up before the oath of office.

I hope not to miss the inauguration party tonight.... my radiologist suggested a scarf to cover the site. He took two samples, said it was “easy to find” at 4x3x2 cubic cm. Blood pressure high but perhaps to be expected. I’m sure it’s better now. We’ll know the results by early next week. There are two different types of thyroid cancers to investigate and one of them isn’t easy to find through biopsy so the news may be “indeterminate,” they keep warning us. But again, the vast majority of these things are benign and that’s what we all expect.

The radiologist got a page as he was finishing up. The first one he'd ever received, he said, from administration, and it warned staff not to log-on to access the inauguration because it might affect their system. Bummer. This is a moment of national pride and hope and it should be available for all of us to witness. The tech said she was headed out to the waiting room (where the TVs are) at noon. That seems to be the way to experience this historic moment--in community.