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New with Tha cancer and very confused about treatment.
Hi everybody, I'll try to explain the best I can in English what's my problem. I'm 32 female Polish,6 years ago I came to live in US and decidet to stay here, so forgive me please for my language mistakes:) I've been diagnozed that I have depression(pannic attack, etc.) about 10 years ago when my mother died for cancer(no…
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Should I have more testing or wait like the doctors want???
Hey there, I am new to the boards, but unfortunately not to cancer! I lost my mother last year to stomach cancer and my sister is a breast cancer survivor. A body scan recently found a nodule on my thyroid and they did an ultrasound which confirmed that but they still don't know what it is. Because my blood tests (thyroid)…
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Thyroid Cancer--Cytomel--Help!!
After being diagnosed with thyroid cancer in April, 2005, I was placed on Cytomel, 25 mcg. I will not be having the radioactive iodine therapy. Currently, I'm taking 50 mcg Cytomel and wondering if I should be on Synthroid. I've put on alot of weight, fluid, irritable, insomnia, depressed, just feeling terrible. I take the…
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Iodinated Contrast Agent & Cancer Reoccurence
Hello, I am the daughter of a cancer survivor doing a little research on thryoid cancer and iodinated contrasting agents. My father was treated for thyroid cancer in the 1970's and again a couple years ago. He thinks that the second occurence was instigated by use of iodinated contrasting agent for an angiogram. His iodine…
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TSH
What should TSH be for a thyroid cancer patient. I am of the understanding that it should be very low, .10 to .50. Right now I am at 1.67.