As some of my readers may know, the end of 2014 was a bit of
a roller-coaster for me. During a routine check-up, my doctor felt an abnormal
lump in my throat that she wanted me to go get it checked out with an ultrasound.
Being the procrastinator that I am, I put it off. It wasn't until I woke up
with a really bad sore throat one day that I felt the lump myself and decided to go get
it checked. It turns out that I had a very large nodule sitting on the
right side of my thyroid. Now, apparently thyroid nodules are insanely common,
something like 1 in 6 people have them. They usually are super tiny and mean
nothing, however, mine was about two inches long… TWO INCHES!? How did I not
feel this thing for so long? As you can imagine, the next few weeks comprised
of a series of test, lots of poking and prodding, and stupid needles. All the
tests came back “indeterminate” (oh great.), so the team of doctors I was
working with strongly urged me to get surgery to remove the right side of my thyroid.
Of course there was the question of the C-word which was wildly unsettling and apparently if I left it there it could ruin my vocal chords and I could lose my
voice. I always wanted to be a Disney Princess, but on-land Ariel would not be
my first choice.
On November 18th, I went in for my surgery. First
time under the knife… pretty terrifying. After two and a half hours in the
operating room, they successfully removed the nodule and sent it off to be
tested. Again, I have never had any sort of surgery before so in my overly
ambitious head, I figured I would be back to my old self in 4-5 days tops. Nope,
I was wrong. This surgery threw me for a loop and a half. I was insanely tired,
sore as hell, and could barely talk. It. Was. Torture! With the holidays right
around the corner, I definitely pushed myself more than I should have which I
was told held up my recovery a little bit. Now that all the holiday madness has
subsided and I am FINALLY feeling like my old self, I am ready to kick things
back into gear and move forward with all the fun that I had cookin’ up in Kasey’s
Kitchen! Oh and after 5 weeks of testing by 6 different teams of doctors around the country, they determined the nodule was benign! (Phewf!)
Now you see, the week before I had my surgery I was in Las Vegas
for the Food. Fight. Write Conference where I held the launch of my Foodies
Shedding Booties movement. If you were following along on Instagram, you
probably saw lots of posts from the event. It was truly a blast. 20 of my
fellow Food Bloggers joined me and Las Vegas Yoga Instructor Jodi Tallo for an
early morning yoga session.
Jodi created a fantastic flow for everyone who
ranged from beginner to daily yogis. After the session, the bloggers were
treated to snacks provided by Pure Organics, Navitas Naturals, StonefireFlatbread, Philosophie, Little Miracles and Essentia Water. A super special treat included a
pop-up shop from my friends at Lorna Jane Activewear!
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| A special thanks to the girls at Lorna Jane for sharing some awesome active styles with my guests! |
As I explained at this event, Foodies Shedding Booties is
meant to be a movement and a mantra. It’s not about losing weight, although I
can’t promise that won’t be a welcomed side effect, it’s about shedding
insecurities and adding in a responsibility to your health. It’s like eating
your cake and working it off too!
It is my plan to take these events around Los Angeles, and hopefully at some point the country! Attendees will enjoy a fun workout, meet new friends and foodies, oh and of course, score some killer swag! Who wouldn't be down for that?!
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| Filling all the awesome swag bags for the guests at the first FSB event in Las Vegas! |
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