Thyroid Cancer
Discussion List
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possible reoccurance
I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer in January 2006. My cancer was found by accident on an MRI of the Cervical Spine. I went thru the ultrasound, small needle biopsy which came out negative. I just had a feeling I had cancer so I opted for surgery to remove the left thyroid. The pathology report showed cancer.…
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Radiation treatment
My wife has just been diagnosed with papillary cancer, and they want to remove the entire thyroid and then do the radiation/chemo treatment, do the scan etc. They say it will kill the rogue cells, if any. Why is radiation used to kill the thyroid cancer cells, when radition is what is thought to cause the cancer in the…
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synthroid and low iodine
I am on the diet for two weeks before my scan . It seems as though everything has iodine ? If I were to make a mistake and get iodine in my system what is the worse thing to happen ? Also , I ran out of my synthroid and the pharmacy took three days to get it filled . I was scared , being told you have to take it for the…
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Concern over fertility
I'm a 21 year old papillary thyroid cancer patient. I had a total thyroidectomy at 18, and this week I underwent a neck dissection on the right side due to metastases in the lymph nodes. I've also had three rounds of radioactive iodine treatment prior to this surgery. I have some concerns about what all the radiation might…
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Energy Level
I am newly diagnosed with Pappilary thyroid cancer and have one nodule on my thyroid and a larger one in the left lymph node. I'm very worried I won't have the energy to play with my children once I go hypo- for the radiation treatment. My surgery is scheduled for August 11th. Anyone with experience in this could you…