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surgery mishap?
My son had a total thyroidectomy a year ago. Recently he had an x-ray that revealed three areas of metal in his neck. We contacted the surgeon and after four days he responded stating that he has titanium clamps and no harm will come to him. I am concerned as his operating report mentions nothing of this, nor were we…
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How to deal with a cancer survivor as a partner?
Please don't take me the wrong way, but my girlfriend, 21 yrs old, (now ex) has changed drastically in terms of emotions and attitude after her thyroid cancer surgery. Thank god it has been fully removed and she has recovered very quickly. She currently lives by herself for the summer and I am afraid she is depressed or…
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Recurring Thyroid Cancer
Hi All! I'm new to this site and am thrilled to have found it. I've recently been diagnosed as having recurrent thyroid cancer due to an uptake with a body scan. I was diagnosed with papillary carcinoma in 1993, had a total thyroidectomy and some lymph nodes removed that year, then followed with 2 radiation ablations. I…
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THYROID CANCER HUSBAND AND WIFE
HI EVERYONE DIAGNOSED WITH PAPILLARY CANCER JULY-04 HAD SURGERY THEN HAD A 131 TREATMENT. MY QUESTION IS. WE JUST FOUND MY WIFE HAS TO HAVE HER TYROUD REMOVED JUST ONE YEAR APART AND MITE HAVE CANCER TO. HAS ANYBODY HERD OF THIS HAPANNING WE HAVE TWO KIDS SIX AND NINE.
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Lung metastases
I have recently learned that I have a recurrance of papillary thyroid cancer. I'm in the twilight zone between diagnosis and treatment and have a million questions. My first diagnosis was in 1970 at the age of 17. I had been exposed to x-ray treatments for enlarged tonsils around age 4. My thyroid glad was removed in 1975…
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Side Effects of Cytomel
I have been back on the cytomel 3 pills twice a day for a week now, since my radioactive iodine treatment. I am having muscle twitches while sleeping and bowels movements that are soft and sudden attacks like if I had a lactose problem which I don't. I have also gained 15 pds. The doctor said the weight gain is temporary.…
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Second Surgery in a week
I am home from my second surgery in a week for thyroid cancer. I have multi-tumor papillary carcinoma with follicular components. The surgeon removed my right lobe containing a 1.8 cm benign tumor and four smaller malignant tumors in the first surgery and then went back to remove the left lobe. I am awaiting the pathology…