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Thyroid Cancer

Archives for November 2010

B4 Removal of Thyroid & Unknow Cancer
Hello everyone My name is Christy Reyes and I have just joined. Glad to find a place to talk to people about this because I LITTERALLY have NO ONE to talk to about this. My mother passed away and I live in Alabama where I have only resided for 2 years now and I am a SAHM who doesn't get out much. I found a huge lump in my…
Papillary cancer, post surgery question
Hey all, I'm sure this question has been asked about a million times but I will be redundant and ask it again. First, let me give you some history. In October I went to get a physical. The doctor felt a lump in my thyroid, after an ultrasound and biopsy which was abnormal I had my total thyroid removed, which happened 3…
Medullary Cancer Rise in Calcitonin
HI: My Mom was diagnosed with Medullary Cancer in 2009 almost one year ago. She had a complete throidectomy and neck dissection as well as 35 external beam radition treatments. The medullary had only spread to two lymph nodes. She had been doing great until her calcitonin level came back and it was 104. 3 months ago it was…
High Tg and negative scan
Hi All, I need some advice. This is my third go round with thy ca. first in 77, then in 95 with mets to nodes. Now I have rising tg and neg scan. I was told that I don't take up iodine. My Tg is now at 32.5. I was told to seek out other opinions at Mayo and MD Anderson. I live in Calif. How can I be treated if the dr…
Reoccurrence- second surgery for winter break =(
Hi Everyone, Tomorrow marks a year ago that I had my TT and lymph node removal for papillary cancer. I had my RAI treatment 175mci December 29th 2010. My scan after came back clean. In August I went back for my follow up scan before returning to college. After the scan the doctors made me drink lemon juice and do the scan…
Frozen Section Biopsy Reliable??
Does anyone have any info on whether or not the Frozen section biopsy is reliable for hurthle or follicular neoplasms? I had mine on Wednesday, but was wondering if anyone got a benign result with the frozen section, then malignant with the final biopsy?
Salivary gland pain...again
My salivary gland is swollen and extremely painful again on one side. My RAI was at the end of the August. Has anyone had side effects this long after, or do I need to be worried it's not related?
Thyroid ... another adventure! :-)
I never thought I would be adding a post to another discussion board. I had been Dx'ed with melanoma a couple few years ago, and the board was a tremendous help. Now, I've got surgery in a few weeks that will determine if I will be a member here or not. A month or so ago, I was getting some weakness and numbness in my left…
chemo for ca recurrance
Hi Anyone need to have chemo for a recurrance. I no longer take up iodine and have few options available to me. I was offered chemo. Anyone use chemo as a tx. Thanks
Anybody lost a lot of weight?
I never really ate a lot. But it was difficult to lose weight. Before I was diagnosed last March with Papillary Carcinoma, I noticed my weight beginning to drop. I had come down from over 260lbs to about 246. But I didn't know why. Since June of this this year, my weight really took a nose dive. My clothes were getting so…
Advice sought about alcohol ablation therapy
I have saw my endo in Denver (btw if anyone needs a good endo I am more than willing to share his name) and he was talking about alcohol ablation therapy as a possible course of treatment. Here is a quick history: 2001-TT with 7 lymphnodes cancerous (2.4cm cancer on thyroid) followed with RA-131 and WBS, in 2008/09 had…
Hurthle Cell and Pregnant
Hi, my name is Wendy. I'm 34 years old, 3 kids, and one on the way. I'm 16 weeks pregnant right now. I found a lump on the side of my neck about 5 months ago, a small one, and regrettably ignored it. I thought it was nothing and would just go away. Then I got pregnant about a month later, went to my OB for my first…
High blood pressure seems to be gone after surgery
I had my thyroidectomy 2 months ago, and since the surger have noticed that my blood pressure has returned to normal. I've been taking meds for 5 years. I've actually stopped taking the pills - my BP was dropping too low. I have just completed RAI treatment and will be starting my thyroxin soon. Just wondering if anyone…
Full Body Scan & Thyogen Injections - Help me figure out this problem
Hi, everyone. Hoping someone can help. Was diagnosed with Papillary thyroid cancer with 10% tall Cell, spread to 4 lymph nodes. Did RAI May 8th and now I have to 6 month full body scan. Question is my doctor wants me to get the thyogen injections on December 6 and 7 and I heard it is better to do the low iodine diet while…
What happens now? I-131 and small kids? How is this going to work?
Hi everyone! My name is Miranda. I just had a TT on Nov. 1, 2010. I am having some trouble with breathing, ended up in the local E.R. due to this and on 2 inhalers now. I am coughing up lovely phlegm and it seems skin maybe. It is rather nasty but also alarming. I am concerned because it was a freak thing found at my…
Don't underestimate Hashimoto's disease- my story
Hello everyone- I am a thyroid cancer survivor. At age 43, I began feeling sluggish and noticed my hair was falling out. One day, I slept for 20 out of 24 hours, you couldn't have woken me if the house was on fire! That night, I woke up startled and felt a golf-ball sized lump in the front of my throat. After much…
EBR anyone?
I've started external beam radiation treatments and would like to hear from people who have under gone them. Today was my 8th treatment of 30. My throat is already getting sore and swallowing is quite uncomfortable. I know it is just going to get worse. I'm sure my oncologist will put me on meds when I see him on Monday.…
facial paralisis
I'm schedualed for 3rd surgery novemeber 15th.This time they are going to cut me from behind the ear and bring it all the way down...I'm just wandering have any of you had facial paralisis...I know it's only like a 5% chance but just the way my lucks been lately i'll problably be the one who has it and also loses my sence…
Worried about Dad's Thyroid Cancer
Hello, My dad (59 years old) was recently diagnosed with Thyroid cancer (we do not know which type). On Oct. 25, he had his largest nodule removed along with part of his thyroid (He has two other tiny nodules). During his operation, a pathologist dissected the thyroid nodule in 4 sections and was very confident that it was…
Residual Thyroid Tissue
Hi, I am a young wife and mom going through my first round of thyrogen injections/body scans, etc. to check on how effective treatment was. I'm wondering if anyone has had residual thyroid tissue show up during a follow-up body scan? I panicked when I saw it on the screen but the Nuclear Med doctor didn't seem concerned by…
TG levels - Thyroid cancer... new member
Hello All, I have a TG level of 1 and TSH of .47 but a stimulated TG level of 5 and stimulated TSH of 160, my iodine uptake whole body scan was negative, I had RAI treatment for papilliary cancer in Febuary of this year, does this result mean that I still have thyroid cancer present? I am a 40 year old male and in good…
Blurry Vision Papillary Cancer - Thryoidectomy tomorrow.
I found out on October 18th that I have Thyroid Cancer. Right now it appears to be Papillary Cancer from the Cytology Report. I know that this is the best type to have if if you are going to have Thyroid Cancer so I am "lucky". I am scheduled to have my Thyroidectomy tomorrow but I have been stuggling for about a month…
Metastasis?
I am writing on behalf of my friend, female, age 31yrs, who was diagnosed with carcinoma of the left thyroid last November (2009). She had a small nodule that she was able to feel on her neck region since 2007 but left unattended. By November 2009, she had under gone left radial neck dissection for total thyroidectomy. The…
Another Reccurence
I just found out that the surgeon missed a large lymph node from my last surgery in June. Changing surgeons this time. This will be my third surgery. Just not sure how I will get through this again. RAI was two months ago and now another surgery.

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