Turns out the mass in my parotid is gone. It was just an infection. No follow-up needed, unless the infection returns.
In the meantime, since it's 2022 and my last thyroid cancer occurrence was in 2012, my next neck ultrasound is in 5 years. Wow! I'm part happy and part terrified. It seems like such a long time when I have had neck ultrasounds yearly, sometimes more than one a year, for 26 years. I only skipped 2021 due to the pandemic.
I will rely on Tg testing (blood test for my cancer marker) and neck self-exams.
I am only waiting on the spinal x-ray results.
Time to celebrate!!
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