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solid mass-like density shown on ultrasound results
Nov 26, 2009 12:58AM in the Thyroid Disorders Community
No need for a breakdown. Just hang in there. Many who have had very suspicious nodules found out that theirs were benign and many of us who had small nodules and who were told they were "no big deal" found out they were cancerous. Regardless, it's just something that you deal with and we are all here to get you through it. Hang in there and no ...
4 days after Total Thyroidectomy....swelling?
Nov 24, 2009 07:58PM in the Thyroid Disorders Community
Wow - your cancer diagnosis came like mine - after the surgery was over. I'm so glad that you got it out!!!!!!! Okay, here's a great link for information on the radioactive iodine (diet and precautions): http://www.thyca.org/rai.htm Make sure that you talk to your hospital's nuclear medicine department ahead of time too - mine had restrictions tha...
solid mass-like density shown on ultrasound results
Nov 23, 2009 07:48PM in the Thyroid Disorders Community
Choking feeling is always a reason to talk to a doctor for further evaluation. The fact that there is a solid "mass-like" density adjacent to the upper pole of the left lobe is also need for further evaluation. Talk to an ENT or endocrinologist (or an internal medicine specialist) to get a biopsy or CT scan. This needs further evaluation. take...
4 days after Total Thyroidectomy....swelling?
Nov 22, 2009 12:33AM in the Thyroid Disorders Community
I had the surgery twice and the best advice that I got was *ICE*!!!! The bruising is the blood coming to the surface from deeper tissue - that's normal. Put ice packs on the incision site - reduces swelling, slows the blood flow, and numbs the area. Worked great for all 9 of my surgeries (especially abdominal and thyroid) and for the other 6 thyroi...
Thyroglobulin positive after thyroidectomy
Nov 15, 2009 08:00PM in the Thyroid Disorders Community
According to my endo (who specializes in thyroid disorders), it's not the number but the trend in the numbers on the thyroglobulin that are worrisome - as long as everything stays below "7". My recurrence was found from my thyroglobulin going from 1.7 to 2.1 to 3.9 to 5.2 over the course of about 8 months and -- sure enough -- I had a cancer recu...
swollen lymph nodes
Nov 15, 2009 07:52PM in the Thyroid Disorders Community
Your lymph nodes should have returned to normal now. Was there any spread to the lymph nodes? Have they done a radioactive iodine scan since your surgery? Do you know your latest thyroglobulin level? Utahmomma papillary carcinoma '03, second surgery '04, recurrence and RAI '06 three sisters with papillary carcinoma