"Well, my friend, it looks like you have a bit of..."

One week.  The nurse told me I should have results sent to my doctor's office one week after the biopsy.  "We send them on as soon as we get them, you won't have to wait."  In preparation, I Googled a few more things, like, "I have thyroid cancer, now what?"  That didn't bring up any results, really.  So, I tried a few other things, and eventually, on Tuesday morning, May 9, almost one week after my biopsy, I found some information on what kind of specialist to see, an Endocrinologist... not an Oncologist.  Then, on May 10, suddenly, I came across the name of a really great one in my area.  That morning, I was in the car on the way to my daughter's field trip, and I called my doctor's office, asking the doctor to please call me when he got the results from the radiologist.

6:00pm, it's time to take my son to taekwondo, the phone rings (why does he always call right when I'm running out the door).  I answer, my voice was a little shaky.  The doctor said he had not received my results, yet.  I told him that the radiologist told me that they would send the biopsy report over on Wednesday.  He said, "Okay, let me check this other folder here, just in case..."  A little pause, about 30 seconds is all, "okay, my friend, it looks like you have a bit of cancer."

Wait...  What?  You're going to say it like that?

I was calm.  I had my son in the kitchen staring at me, jingling the keys in hand, telling me it was time to leave.  I took a deep breath...

"Okay, so I need to see an Endocrinologist, right?"
"Yes, that's right? Do you have one?"
"No, but I have been researching, just in case."  My mind went blank...  "I can't remember his name, but he has offices in Leesburg and Ashburn."
"You did the right thing, researching.  Was it Dr. G?"
"Yes!  That's it!"
"He is very good.  You should also try to find a Thyroid Surgeon.  That is how we will get rid of this thing, we will just take it all out and be done with it.  Okay?"
"Okay, thank you."

We got off the phone and that was the end of it.  I officially had a diagnosis.  I have cancer.