Thyroid Cancer
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fibrosis after thyroid surgery.
Hi. Please help. I had two surgery's last november for thyroid cancer. I had iodine radiation in april. Now I have a lump in my throat-like there's a peanut stuck! My surgeon says it's probably scar tissue gone hard (fiberous tissue). I had a ct-scan yesterday but i have to wait till next monday for the results. Has anyone…
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Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Hi! I am 36 and diagnosised with thyroid cancer in July 2003. I am the mother of 3, 7 year old girl, 4 year old boy, and 6 month old baby girl. My father died of pancreatic cancer at age 41, I was 14. His mother died at age 42 of lymphnomia before I was born. I always knew cancer would revisit me and I not as terrified as…
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Had 1/2 removed, scared to remove the other
My name is Felicia. I am a 37yo married (today is 13th anniversary!) mother of 2 (7&10yo). While having an MRI last July of my c-spine, a nodule on my thyroid was accidently found. I went for an ultrasound and confirmed it solid, then for a radioactive test and found it to be "Cold", finally for a FNA and it came back…
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Surgery
My primary care physician is recommending surgery to biopsy a complex cystic mass (about3cm) on my thyroid after having an ultrasound of the area. He wasn't very specific over the phone, but he felt that due to the size and nature of the growth that he wouldn't feel comfortable leaving it in even if needle biopsy showed…