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Need help if anyone has same symptoms!!
Hello!! I am a thyroid cancer survivor. I was diagnosed in Aug '07 and had my thyroid completely removed. Last October, I was hospitalized with having dry heaves for almost 2 weeks. It was terrible. Since then, I still get these spells with the dry heaves or I will get really sick where I feel like I am going to be sick.…
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Cancer Returned
Hello, my name is andrew pease and I had been cancer free for two years following total thyroidectomy and radiation treatments. they found two new spots in my throat in the exact same area as my thyroid one is 1cm and the other is 4mm. I go in for ultrasound biopsy again, because my doctor screwed up the last biopsy and…
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Anyone wait 5 weeks to discuss results of FBS?
I am so fed up. I have YET to hear from MD regarding my WBS on 3-27 (yes, over a month!) He decided to take a 3 week vacation before calling me with results, I DID have the nurse tell me that my TG is at 4.2 & she wanted me to wait for him to come back instead of going to other dr from practice. Well, now he's back a week,…
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Taste/Nausea/Smell
Hello, I am a caregiver for my husband who was diagnosed with Papillary Thhyoid Cancer in Oct 2005. He has undergone Thyroidectomy, removal of his left parathyroid glands, and removal of the vocal chord nerve. Has received 3 RAI treatments, and another left neck disection, and resecting a nodule on the trachea. In Jan of…
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external beam radiation after effects
Iam going to have external beam radiation and would like to know the effects and how to cope with them .
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thyroid cancer's spread to spine nd lungs.....plzz help
Hi all of you, My mom had her total thyroidectomy(for papillary carcinoma with follicular variance) in August 2006.She had no major symptoms , just some swelling in her neck..After the surgery she had been quite regular with her RAI scans and nothing came up in those scans..But she started having some pain in her lumbar…
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Loss of taste/ Mettallic taste after RAI
I had the RAI on April the 16th, I got a 200 dose and a few days after having the RAI I lost my taste.. This happened last time I had RAI 4 years ago.. but I do not remember how long I had it. As of today.. I still have this metallic taste in my mouth everything tastes horrible.. it's soo frustrating.. I wonder how much…
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What generally happens from here?
My doctors are saying that once we do the I-131 that I'll be as good as "cured" and will only come in once every 2 years for the "typical procedures" to make sure the cancer doesn't show again. They haven't even been able to pinpoint what stage I'm in. I've done some reading and I found out that thyroid cancer typically…
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thyroglobulin
OK. I need advice. After thyroglobulin post thyrogen it has been 5.1 & 4.2 two years in a row. My Doc not majorly concerned 'unless it goes above 10' Any thoughts?
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Anyone tried mederma?
I am tired of wearing scarves around my neck and just started using Mederma on my scar. Has anyone else tried it?
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age 67 FVPTC
Diagnosed age 67 with encapsulated FVPTC 3.5 cm. Completion thyroidectomy soon. Anyone else have similar experience? Margaret
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What can I bring? I need to refresh my memory
Ok so I will be going to the hospital on April the 16th.. They said i'll be there for 2 days but I am not sure.. last time I spent 3 so.. maybe this hospital is different. I know everything you bring in the room gets contaminated.. so I am thinking to bring magazines and word puzzles books that I can throw away when I am…
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Finally got full use
I went to the ENT today and had my throat scoped to check my left vocal chord. With my 2nd surgery a parathyroid was nicked so I had lost the use of my left vocal chord. Now finally after almost 6 months I got the good news that I have full use of it. May not be as strong as it was but hopefully that will also change at…
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200 dose radiactive iodine
I will be getting a 200 dose for radioactive iodine.. I am a bit nervous.. worried about vomiting
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Pam
UI would like to know if any one was 100% cured after treatments?
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4 Years Remission Papillary Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid cancer is scarry especially when you do not know a thing about it. My family and I googled so much about this disease but nothing tells you how to deal with the radation pill, how people treat you after they find out you have cancer, your life turned upside down from blood test, scans and then the lifetime…
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Am I nuts?
Ok, I just did the whole 2 week diet thing, thyrogen shots, i-131 whole body scan I called today for results only to find out my dr on a 3 week vacation! His nurse isnt in until tomorrow. I am not waiting 3 weeks for results! My thyroglobulin went up slightly last yr so we are back to thyrogen scans. Do you think he…
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Has anyone tried Thyrogen injections so they didn't have to go off synthyroid?
My endo said I won't have to go off my thyroid Rx if I take Thyrogen injections the two days before my I131 treatment. Has anyone done this? How did it go?
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Starting the low iodine diet today...
I just realized I am so unprepared. I can't mustard with no salt, or honey mustard with no salt, I feel like I am crawling out of my skin trying to figure out what I can and can eat, constantly looking at the cook book. I am definitely scared for the RAI treatment in 2 weeks...but unlike a majority of everyone else, I am…
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side effects
hi, i'm mackbnme2.i was diagnosed in october with follicular thyroid cancer.i have now had 2 surgeries and one dose of radiation.i am 27 with 3 very young kids.to tell you the truth i had no idea what the thyroid really did until all this started happening.i guess i'm wondering if the side effects i seem to be having will…
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Weird test results
Hey all, I had my year check up in December and had to go back for 5 scans!!! There was weird uptake of the radioactive iodine in my bowels they said but I didn't know if that was normal. The nurses said that I broke their record for the most amount of times somebody had to come back for a scan!! yay for me (*rolls eyes)…
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I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT SOMEONE WOULD RESPOND TO MY TOPIC
I was really hoping that someone would respond to my topic.
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Malignant Lymph Nodes
I had a total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer in June 2007. The pre-surgical sono showed 2 nodules (one on each lobe) and a suspicous 'mass' that was 'probably' a lymph node. Only one of the nodules was biopsied and it was malignant. I thought I did a great job of researching a top doc in New York. When I…
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scared
Hello every one I am worried about my health, everything is new and frankly I am scared. I was diagnose don dec 17th with Multi Focal Papillary Cancer with right 9 mm and 4 mm lesions. I have had a total thyroidectomy and and will have an RAI ablation at the end of the week (100 millicurries) and a post treatment scan a…
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Tired of Losing Hair
Is anyone else tired of losing their hair? No I didn't go bald from chemo, but I sure do lose a lot of hair. Everytime I brush my hair I need to pick the hair off my clothes and clean my brush out. I know it was all part of RAI and the thyroid replacement meds, but will it ever stop falling out so much? I work in a…
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possible recurrence
I had papillary thyroid cancer 13 years ago. I had a total thyroidectomy and go for a thyroglobulin test yearly. My numbers were in the decimals. Last year I went through surgery, chemo and radiation for breast cancer and my thyroglobulin was up to 4. The doctor said that it was not related to the breast cancer. This year…
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Medication that helps to better absorb Iodine.
I am looking for someone who has either had any experience with being iodine resistant or knowledgable about meds used to help the body absorb iodine better for RAI treatment. I have had 2 surgeies, 2 RAI now facing another. The Oncologist is concerned the RAI is not really working for me. I really don't want to do…
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E-mail group for Thyca survivors
I just wanted to let you all know about a great resource I have found - it is the Yahoo! e-mail group for thyroid cancer survivors and it is a lot more active than this board. You get almost immediate responses to your questions from other survivors, including some doctors, nurses, and nuclear medicine people. It can be…
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Treatments for reoccurance?
Hi everyone! I'm a newbie. I was diagnosed in 2001 with papillary carcinoma. I had one nodule on the left side of my thyroid. I had a total thyroidectomy and RAI. All treatment was completed by April 2001. I have been on Levoxyl ever since. I had a clean scan in September of 2001 and again in Dec of 2005. I went to my Endo…
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Age of first diagnosis
My fiance was just diagnosed in Feb of this year with stage 3 thyroid cancer. He is 33. I was wondering if anyone else had this diagnosis or similar situationa, what your age is now, and what you've been through as far as treatment? Thanks! Chris