June 3, 2011– A Virus with No Name

I still don’t know what malady I came down with, that led to the postponement of my thyroid surgery. One thing I did discover, though: if you’re going to get sick, don’t do it on a holiday weekend.

I started feeling headachey Wednesday, the surgery was postponed on Friday, but it wasn’t until Tuesday that I was finally able to see Dr. Cheli, our family doctor, to begin trying to figure out what ailment I had. He ordered blood work, so it wasn’t until Thursday (yesterday) that enough test results had come back to allow the good doctor to conclude.... Wait for it now.... “We have no idea.”

He called me again today, and left a voicemail. Some more detailed test results had come back. The verdict.... “We still have no idea.”

He’d warned me it could be that way. Seems there are a lot of viruses that slink in and out before medical science can figure out what they are. Guess I had one of those shy ones.

That doesn’t mean it didn’t pack a punch. It was only this morning that I finally began feeling like myself again.

The thyroidectomy is rescheduled for Friday, June 17. Now I’m playing catch-up, because for most of the past week I didn’t have energy for doing very much (and even if I had, I wouldn’t have wanted to put anyone else at risk of getting that pesky bug).

Somebody said the best way to make God laugh is to tell God your plans. I think I can still hear the Almighty snickering.