A problem shared?https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/a_problem_shared/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2010-09-30T12:31:58ZIn the begining...https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/a_problem_shared/posts/in-the-begining2010-09-30T10:31:58Z2010-09-30T10:31:58Z<p>A couple of months ago I was talking to my husband on webcam as he'd dashed back to the UK to be with his parents... his father had been diagnosed with cancer.</p>
<p>I'd been to the doctor with my son... he'd had a knock playing rugby and we wanted to check all was well. Whilst he was getting dressed I chatted to the doctor... filling time as you do. </p>
<p>"Why can't I drink alcohol? I go red, get very hot and itchy... last time I had one tiny sip and the effect lasted for 3 days" I joked... expecting him to say hard luck.</p>
<p>"It could be your thyroid - I'll send you for a scan" says the doctor.</p>
<p>I went away with my prescription thinking how bizarre. I'd had four previous blood tests in 8 years checking for thyroid problems; I was symptomatic but my bloods always came back normal... I thought he's barking up the wrong tree.</p>
<p>A couple of weeks later the ultrasound picked up a very enlarged thyroid with several large nodules. From here I had more appointments and scans. It all seemed to gain a momentum of it's own and a few weeks ago I had my thyroid and some lymph nodes removed. The surgeon told me after the operation that he beleived at least one of the nodules were malignant.</p>
<p>The cancer was confirmed a few days later and yesterday they confirmed I had stage II Follicular Thyroid Cancer. Well differentiated and very treatable. </p>
<p>I feel like I've been holding my breath for weeks... I keep being told this is a good cancer but it doesn't feel good! I'm angry that it took a silly conversation with a French doctor to find something that has been growing in my throat for years... and doctors in the UK suggested anti-depressents for me! </p>
<p>I feel scared and feel a fraud at the same time... there are worst cancers and I'm lucky... aren't I? </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=371950&AppID=31165&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember