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is wishing everyone a very happy new year!
About Me: Female, 42, a small town in - MI, member since Feb 2007
I'm a mom to two teenage boys - 16 and 19.  I was healthy until my 40th birthday - literally.  This last year has been a rollercoaster ride, so I'm really looking forward to this next one being better. ... [More]

Thyroid history:
2/23/07: Went to doc with symptoms: weight gain for no reason, extreme fatigue, hip joints aching, cold all the time.  She ordered bloodwork.  Tested positive for high antibodies, but TSH, T3 & T4 within normal range.  She suggested hashimoto's.

3/28/07: Ultrasound on thyroid.   Nodule within left lobe detected.  Ultrasound guided biopsy advised.  Primary care doctor schedules appt. with Endo.

5/15/07: Appointment with Endo - 2 hours.  She thinks it's a "hot nodule", but wants a biopsy done.  Bone density scan done.  She didn't like the looks of it.  Not osteoporosis YET, but not as good as it could be.  Suggested calcium along with my multivitamin.  

6/12/07:  Ultrasound guided biopsy done.

6/25/07: Biopsy indicates the presence of papillary carcinoma with cystic degeneration.  Primary doc referred me to the University of Michigan for removal of the thyroid.

7/17/07:  Met with surgeon.  Surgery scheduled for 8/6/07.

8/6/07:  TT done with some complications (nerve trauma that affected voice, swallowing and breathing). nodule 2.5cm, 7 lymph glands removed and tested negative, no medication given in order to prep for RAI.  

8/7/07:  Met with ENT doc before leaving the hospital.  Neither vocal cord is moving, and I choke on anything liquid.  Released from hospital.

8/21/07:  Back to ENT doc.  Left vocal cord is moving now.  Swallowing and breathing is better.

Nuclear Medicine called.  RAI is scheduled for the week of 9/17/07.  TSH has to be >30 to have it done.

9/14/07:  TSH is 131 (guess I'm safe to have RAI done!).

9/19/07  RAI: 30mCi (lowest dose) given.  Isolation period of 2 days.

Medication:  Levoxyl 175mcg started 9/20/07

11/26/07 TSH .03, free T4 - 108, thyroglobulin - less than .2;
CT scan showed a few nodules measuring 1 to 2 mm in each lower lobe of the lungs.  Nodules not calcified.  Also "ill-defined abnormality" in the dome of the liver.  CT scan of chest and liver with contrast will be done in 4 months.
            


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Interests: Thyroid Cancer, radioactive iodine, hash, Hashimoto's Syndrom  
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We’re coming to a close of my absolute favorite season….fall. I love the beautiful colors of the changing leaves and the smell in the air. However, now as the cold t...[more]

25 TIPS FOR A BETTER LIFE


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This was e-mailed to me the other day, and I thought it was really good. I need to post it everywhere I go as a reminder to myself. SUBJECT: 25 TIPS FOR A BETTER LIFE ...[more]
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