"I have one child. She's 7. I got married at 34 and had her in my late 30's. I had one miscarriage when my daughter was 2 1/2 and a subsequent D&C. Then I got thyroid cancer. I had an IUD inserted while I went through the radiation p..."
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About Me: Female, WA, member since Sep 2007
I had my thyroid out in September, '07. It was small, encapsulated, has not spread (as far as I know yet...) and it was cancer. I didn't have any previous thyroid issues that I know of, and I have no family history of thyroid disease, period. In fact, finding the ca
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ncer was almost a mistake. (I guess a good one?) I had gone to the doctor for another issue altogether.
I will say that one does need to pro-actively and aggressively, advocate for themselves; as I was the one to say "Hey, what does this nodule on the thyroid statement mean?, on the bottom of my CT scan report..." No one would have mentioned it to me, otherwise...
I don't know that much about thyroid disease (although I've been researching via the internet, ever since I found out...) and it seems that all of the sites I visit are very in-depth in their questions and answers, or so simplistic that they are laughable. And though I am learning a lot, NO WHERE do I find realistic, down to earth, explinations for the treatments I'm going through... except here. Everyone has been so kind and fabulous to respond so timely and with such thoughtfulness. Thank you all for that! :)
I'm doing my best everyday to understand a little bit more about my cancer and it's repercussions, meds, etc., so that I may help others in turn for their kind words, advice, and stories shared with me.
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I will say that one does need to pro-actively and aggressively, advocate for themselves; as I was the one to say "Hey, what does this nodule on the thyroid statement mean?, on the bottom of my CT scan report..." No one would have mentioned it to me, otherwise...
I don't know that much about thyroid disease (although I've been researching via the internet, ever since I found out...) and it seems that all of the sites I visit are very in-depth in their questions and answers, or so simplistic that they are laughable. And though I am learning a lot, NO WHERE do I find realistic, down to earth, explinations for the treatments I'm going through... except here. Everyone has been so kind and fabulous to respond so timely and with such thoughtfulness. Thank you all for that! :)
I'm doing my best everyday to understand a little bit more about my cancer and it's repercussions, meds, etc., so that I may help others in turn for their kind words, advice, and stories shared with me.
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Apr 08, 2009
"I guess now I'll always be described as "hypothroid". But I don't like that term... not even one little bit! I have NO thyroid and it's very different (at least in my estimation). My thyroid happened to have cancer and I had to let go..."
Apr 08, 2009
"Hey Cheryl~ Great news! I go in next week to see if 50k 2x week has upped mine to any reasonable level... The sun finally found fit to shine on Seattle on Sunday. I even got some color... Yippee!"
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01/09
Thank you for everything! you are my first response on this site, may I add you as a friend?
01/09
Just a quick note to say hi! well i cant see u scar my scars pretty ugly will be having another little surgery in 8 months time to tidy it up im on low priority
01/09
ya c thats why i am so confused as well. The dr said that the rai would kill the cance and in 4 weeks we'd do blood test and go from there i'm not impressed with him at all,they will start meds according to the dr after the 4th week when the blood test get done and they see where the levels are is that why i am on a roller coaster ride from hell, (I told him to do surgery he said this was easier) it would kill the cancerous cells and if he had to do surgery he would as last resort. I have lupus and fibroymalgia maybe thats why hes waiting i dont know as with lupus my immue system is shot to pieces already.
01/09
I too wasn't looking for thyroid noduals I had a MRI done when we found 5 nuro said nothing to worrry about but i insisted on a second opinion which ended up with me doing RAI 2 nods being cancer and me being hyper glad i insisted one nod was 1 cin metr by 11mil other was 1 cin by 7 mil others they never said. its been 4 weeks today since RAI an am really tired for some reason. Read your journal enrties they ae helpful as i just found this site about 3 weeks ago have learned alot. Hope you had a wonderful new year. will drop in on you another time take care of yourself.
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