Sharon sent the following e-mail out Tuesday afternoon. Continued prayer as she recovers from the surgery is greatly appreciated.
Brad has been great about keeping in touch with everyone but I wanted to write myself. You know even if I can’t talk, I will find a way to “speak”
I think you all know I had thyroid surgery the middle of March. I had a nodule they were watching and it was having too many signs of cancer so they removed the left side of my thyroid along with the spot to make sure it wasn’t cancer. Praise God…it was not, but due to complications, I have been back in the hospital and have had extensive tests to see what is going on.As long as all I do is sit, I do well. Since all I was doing after surgery was sitting, we didn’t realize there was any problems going on. When I started feeling like moving again I still thought it was just my MS taking a toll and everything would adjust. We knew going into surgery there were risks so we have not been “caught unaware”My left vocal cord is paralyzed and is causing problems breathing, speaking and with some swallowing. As I said, as long as all I do is sit, I am fine. Not easy to do after awhile… but I am trying. If I do too much, it is like breathing through a straw and of course that wears me out! Then my MS kicks in. what fun~!After three doctors and lots of tests, they pumped me full of steroids and I still am taking some here at home for a couple of weeks. The hope is that this will cause the swelling to go down and the vocal cords will go back to normal. It will take at least a couple of weeks to see if it is working. It could take up to 18 months to know if this is permanent or not. After18 months it will be what it is. Whatever damage will be there the rest of my life. Personally, I am going for the two weeks but God makes no mistakes and I know my future is in HIS hands.Psalms 100 says “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands, Serve the Lord with gladness: Come before his presence with singing.” Even if I never sing again, I will be thankful to God for all he had done for me. I have a great family, wonderful friends, I am surrounded by caring people and my heavenly Father has me wrapped in His arms where I have a peace the passeth all understanding. There are times I think “I should really be upset and crying my eyes out that I might never sing again” but instead I really do have a peace that everything will work out to God’s glory.Keep in touch. I can’t talk right now but as you can see, I can type!!!! Hope your day is going well and in some way maybe I have been an encouragement to you. Take careLove to allSharon
