Hospital by Russell Weller (FreeImages.com)
Each one of us has little insignificant rough places that seem harmless — lumps and bumps of no consequence. That was the way it was for several years with a little bump on my neck under my chin. The bump on one side of the butterfly gland known as my thyroid didn’t hurt, was barely noticeable and didn’t concern me. When I would go for my annual physical checkup, the doctor would send me for a sonogram of my thyroid. Even then the sonogram showed nothing harmful on either wing of the butterfly.
The next year, although the sonogram showed nothing, the doctor ordered a more thorough test, one that showed a cold nodule was present on one wing. On his direction, I agreed to talk to his surgeon.
