Another new one :)

Another new banner and color scheme....hope noone gets sick of the constant changes here!  I love tigers and thought this white one was just gorgeous :)

I also designed this banner for Trina :)

Making these banners is something I have been enjoying lately, as you can tell! I thought I would make an album for my banners so you could check out all the ones I've had over the past 20 months that I have been blogging.  Click on the thumbnails to see the entire banner.  A couple of them were designed by Nicole...she also does a fabulous job of designing banners!

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Now that I have gotten the fun stuff out of the way, time for the not-so-fun stuff.  Yesterday was the day I had to spend 3 hours at the hospital to have the ultrasound/biopsy of the lump on my thyroid.  The procedure was not fun at all.  First I had to have an ultrasound of the tyroid so they could see how big the lump is, measure it, take pictures, etc.  This took a good 30-45 minutes, but was kind of relaxing.  They found 3 lumps on the right side and one on the left as well, all were bigger than 1cm.  This meant getting biopsies on both sides.  Unfortunately they need to stick a big needle all the way in there a minimum 3 times for each lump, just to make sure they got enough cells to test.  I was stuck a good 10-15 times.  Good thing I have a high tolerance of pain!  All last night it really hurt to swallow, cough, yawn, etc.  Still hurts today, but not as bad.  My thyroid is really stinkin swollen now too :(   We should get the results of the biopsy next Wed and we will know what the next step is then.  The good news is that only 10% of these are cancerous and even if they are, it is almost always curable.  So I really have nothing to worry about, right!?  I have to admit I was feeling a little sorrry for myself last night, but I woke up with a much better attitude today.  I'm going to be fine.  Thanks to everyone who has been thinking/praying for me :)

Wanted to give a birthday shout-out to my girl Raina today, Happy Birthday!!!! 

Comments

[faith]

Thanks for commenting on my blog. LOL. I'm terrible to lurk...I read so many blogs, that its hard to find time to comment on all of them. *grin* I hope the biopsies turn out okay. And I like the banners. =)

[Jeff]

Hopefully everything turns out OK, but either way we'll be there for you!

[simone]

grrrr baby grrrrr...
Needles...yuck! I had to hold my neck and read this. Fingers crossed for you, making it very hard to type. LOL

[Dana]

Hey... I hope everything is ok. Let me know if you need anything!! xoxo

[lesfitz]

I love your new banner Kristi! You make fabulous ones too. Sorry to hear about the biopsy stuff...been there myself and I know and feel that pain you talk about. I know it will turn out okay for you.

[sarah]

oh kristi...
you are still in my prayers girl!
that biopsy did not sound fun! :(

[Krystyn]

Love the new banner and hope all turns out well with the biopsies. Hope your pain eases too!!

[Julie]

I love the Tiger banner! :) I love Tigers as well.

I sure hope your biopsies come out okay Kristi.

[Glynnis]

Hi Kristi,

I wanted to know if you could tell me how you made the video montage of your Christmas Eve pics and what software you used. I would be most appreciative =)

Thanks and hope you feel better!

Glynnis

[Rolana]

I pray that everything turn out alright Kristi! I had a lump on my parathyroid that I ended up having to have surgery for about 5 years ago. The tests and biopsies are NOT fun. Take care!

[Greta]

so glad everything went ok keep us updated. love your new banner