Thyroid Cancer
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What does this mean?
Hello, I have just received a call from my doctor that my thyroid scan (taken one week after an ablation dosage of I131) has come back showing some uptake in the thyroid area but nowhere else. The doctor said that this was normal. I go back to see him in three weeks and wonder what questions I should be asking him. Do I…
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papillary Cancer of the Thyroid
My Mom has just been diagnosed with papillary C of the Thyroid. She has been on Synthroid for years and is very healthy other than this problem that has come up now. She just took a chest xray two days ago which came out normal. We are now awaiting results of an MRI. To my understanding and with my own research papillary…
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Thyroid Remanent
I would so appreciate any feed-back from anyone out there!!! In Jan. of 1991 I had the left lobe of my thyroid removed because of a goiter. The Surgeon told me it looked like a benign situation when he opened me up. When I went for my follow-up visit he said they found a pathologist's finding of incidental papillary…
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Medullary Thyroid Cancer There is HOPE!
I was diagnosed with MTC in 1976 at age 31. Now, at age 59, my children are in their 30's, and I even have a 20-month-old granddaughter. I just want to tell you that there is hope you'll be OK. It took me a very long time to believe my oncologist when he told me I had a 99.99% chance of being totally cured by my 2…
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Hopefully someone out there can help me
Four months ago I had surgery to remove my entire thyroid. I had three tumors, and cancer was found in 2 of them. My doctor said they caught it in the first stage, so I'm truly thankful for that. I've been through idodine radiation, a body scan, and am now on a high dosage of levoxyl. I have several questions, and…