Thyroid Cancer
Discussion List
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Is it ok to wait?
I recieved my biopsy results yesterday. I have papillary cancer in the thyroid. The surgeon who did the biopsy is a general surgeon and I have heard pos and neg about him neither of which involved thyroid surgery. The hospital he is out of really doesn't have an endocrine dept. so I am leery of using him. On the other hand…
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Cake recipe I promised
To those I met on the chat site here is the recipe I promised. Ingredients: one box of chocolate cake one can of sweetened condensed milk one jar of hot fudge sauce (I like the Hershey brand) one medium size cool whip thawed. one chocolate bar. Directions: 1. Bake your favorite brand of chocolate cake (I like devils food…
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no subject
I just wanted to write a quick little update. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had my surgery 15 months ago. After tests that spanned an entire week, I was told that I am still in remission and that my health is good. I am on 200 micrograms of synthroid, something that will probably increase a little bit. In the…
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partial thyroidectomy followed with modified radical neck dissection
I was told that I had papillary carcinoma of the thyroid in April. On June 16th, I had a partial thyroidectomy to remove the left side of my throid. The nodule on my left thryroid was positive for papillary carcinoma as well as one lymph node. On July 11th, I had the right side of my throid removed as well as 51 lymph…
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What Are The Symptoms IN DETAIL
I will be going Monday for an ultra sound. My grandma to my fathers side had thyroid cancer in her early thirties but no one can seem to remember what type as her children were very young at the time. It was purely by chance that the Doctor stumbled upon my enlarged thyroid because I was initially there to get a referral…
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herbs, vitamins, foods?
Greetings all! I am a 46 year old male with a diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer which has spread to several locations. My surgery was June 5th, 2003 where they removed the total thyroid, two fist sized tumors near my esophagus, a partial radical neck surgery, and a nodule in my lung (several remain in the lungs). I am…