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I'm tired and need to vent!!!
I was first diagnosed when I was 13 years old back in 1984. I was the second youngest person in the US to be diagnosed. I had surgery and they could tell I had probably had the cancer for 6 or 7 years because my thyroid felt apart when they tried to remove it as well as 3 lymph glands. I had a week or two of testing at…
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Help I am so scared.
I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in March of this year. I had a total thyroidectomy on April 4th. I spent 5 days in ICU because my oxygen kept dropping. and my Parathyroid are in shock. They just dont work. They doctor had to remove my parathyroid and cut it into pieces and then place it back in my neck. It is still not…
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One year out
I had surgery almost exactly one year ago -- a total thyroidectomy with removal of a papillary microcancer. All lymph nodes were negative. I had I-131 in October. I have had 6 dose changes in synthroid and cytomel -- each time my doctors decrease my synthroid dose, telling me that I am hyperthyroid. Each time it gets…