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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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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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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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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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papillary Cancer of the Thyroid
My Mom has just been diagnosed with papillary C of the Thyroid. She has been on Synthroid for years and is very healthy other than this problem that has come up now. She just took a chest xray two days ago which came out normal. We are now awaiting results of an MRI. To my understanding and with my own research papillary…
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Confused about Thyroid Cancer
During surgery to remove a lump on my thyroid, it was found to be thyroid cancer so they removed the whole tyroid. This was done in February this year. I have been reading about the different types of thyroid cancer, but am a little confused about my pathology report. It states Papillary Carcinoma Predominantly Follicular…
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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.
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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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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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Lithium and RAI
Has anyone heard of adding Lithium to enhance the affect of RAI. If so are there added side affects, complications or things I should know about it.
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Off meds waiting for scan
I am curious to find how others feel when off meds. Guess that I want to know that these symptons are not in my head. I get so very tired and can be nervous,cold and have a hard time thinking. As I go it interupts my sleep pattern. Muscles are weak. How soon does this affect some of you. It only takes a few days for me to…
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Working Full Time
Hi Everyone, I was diagnosed with papillary cancer (1.8cm) in August of 2004. I had a TT in Dec. 04 followed by an ablation dose of I131 in Feb. 05. I have been home on disablity since Nov. 04. I choose to stay home to work through the emotional/physical challenges. I have made plans to return to FULL TIME work (Teaching…
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Depression and thyroglobin levels
Hi , I havent writen in awhile and was wondering If anyone new ? Does thyroid cancer increase already existing depression ? I am really down and cant shake it . Also what is the range for thyroglogin blood levels to cause concern that cancer may still exsist ?
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Thyroid cancer or mononucleosis
Hi I am 15 yrs. old and feel that i may have thyroid or mono. To be honest my boy-friend would always want to kiss. I guess it's my fault for feeling sorry!!! I am afraid i have thyroid because my sypmtoms compare exactly. I think i have the hypo thyroid disease. Very inactive!! If anyone would like to feed me information,…
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Body Scan
I had Papillary Carcinoma diagnosed Nov. 1999 and have had Body Scans each summer since. Has anyone had this happen to them. Two years ago I had to have another RAI treatment as activity was found. I am wondering when this will all end. The hardest part is going off the Synthroid and getting so tired again. Cindy
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No insurance!
I will be having my second round of 131 in June. We do not have insurance and have not had insurance since my throid was removed September 2003. We are tired of all of the medical bills. Have written to several cancer societies but have been told that we do not qualify. The only people that are happy about this is the…
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What does this mean?
Hello, I have just received a call from my doctor that my thyroid scan (taken one week after an ablation dosage of I131) has come back showing some uptake in the thyroid area but nowhere else. The doctor said that this was normal. I go back to see him in three weeks and wonder what questions I should be asking him. Do I…
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"confused"!!!
hello! everybody! Well yesterday i went to see my doctor, and i amm a little confused because well on june of last year i went through surgery to remove limphnodes they found on my neck i had 8 on my left side and 1 on my right side all had papillary cancer and so like a month later i went through my 3rd dose of radiation…
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Help the research
One in four of us will at some time suffer from cancer. The high mortality rate, the suffering experienced by patients from the side effects of existing treatments, and the high costs of treatment all contribute to making cancer a priority for drug research. A new way to help http://www.grid.org/projects/cancer/ A landmark…
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NEW MEMBER WOULD LIKE A FRIEND
HI I HAD A NEEDLE BIOSPSY IN DEC 2002 AND IT CAME BACK UNCONSLUSIVE. SO THEY DID SURGERY REMOVED HALF OF MY THYROID KEPT TELLING ME OH IT CANT BE CANCER ITS RARE IF IT IS. WELL THEY DID A FREEZE DURING SURGERY CAME BACK OK SO THEY SEWED ME UP WELL 3 DAYS LATER GUESS WHAT I HAVE THYROID CANCER PAPILLARY CARCINOMA. SO NOW I…
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problems with synthroid
hi. i had a total thyroidectomy two weeks ago and was started on synthroid 125mcgs the next day. since then, i've had all sorts of problems ranging from chills to feeling feverish to having muscle aches in my arms and legs. just recently i started getting pretty short of breath (3 days ago) too. has anyone had these…
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Hopefully someone out there can help me
Four months ago I had surgery to remove my entire thyroid. I had three tumors, and cancer was found in 2 of them. My doctor said they caught it in the first stage, so I'm truly thankful for that. I've been through idodine radiation, a body scan, and am now on a high dosage of levoxyl. I have several questions, and…
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Thyroid Remanent
I would so appreciate any feed-back from anyone out there!!! In Jan. of 1991 I had the left lobe of my thyroid removed because of a goiter. The Surgeon told me it looked like a benign situation when he opened me up. When I went for my follow-up visit he said they found a pathologist's finding of incidental papillary…
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New - What Should I Expect?
I have Hashimoto's Disease - which I understand is autoimmune system destroying thyroid. I had a 1 cm nodule. Dr and surgeon recommended removal of thyroid - which is growing and of weird consistency (from Hashimoto). Biopsy of nodule is follicular variant of papillary carcinoma. Surgeon out of town - don't know if he…
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Radioactive Iodine Therapy (I-131)
I am having Radioactive Iodine therapy on the 29th of this month. My endocrinologist informed me that following my therapy, I would need to stay in the hospital or a similar facility for 3 days, to avoid radiation exposure to family/friends because we only have 1 bathroom at home. However, the secretary at the nuclear…
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Is I131 treatment necessary?
Hi again, I have just come back from my appointment regarding I131 treatment and the doctor surprised me by saying that he really didn;t think that it was necessary. I have had a total thyroidectomy (2 surgeries) and only 1 tumour was found. (1.8cm papillary)I am 54 years old. I was prepared to have the treatment and the…
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papillary cancer
what tsh numbers do I need to be concerned about . I also heard that the iodine treatment is not 100 persent acurate
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total thyroidectomy recovery
I just had my thyroid removed las thursday. I'm feeling very sluggish and extremely tired. I just started cytomel yesterday. How long does it take to recover from the surgery and start feeling like myself again? I still haven't gotten the radiation treatement yet and am scared because I have a one year old and a four year…