Undifferenciated Diagnosis

It does take a while to get your head round @Hatter and I am so sorry you are having to go through this.  I am 6 months down the line post op and have had Thyroidectomy with central and rh side neck dissection, followed by RAI just before Christmas (Op was end July 22).  I am still learning as there is a lot to take in and different people have different experiences.  I still don't know whether I have Tall Cell variant or not, I was told I have a 60% of having it, but not confirmed.  I am unsure of the difference between differentiated and undifferentiated and what it means exactly but hopefully someone else will reply to you who has experience of this.  I can say that mine is Papillary Cancer and I didn't know that until my follow up appointment after the operation as they weren't sure either, although I was told that it would more than likely either be Papillary or Follicular.  Tall Cell variant was only mentioned when I had my first Oncology appointment and am waiting for another shortly post my RAI treatment.  The operation was fine, I only needed paracetamol for a few days to deal with a headache and sore throat from the anaesthetic tube.  I felt fine in myself and just had to avoid lifting anything heavy for a while but they will no doubt tell you all about this when you have your operation.  I was eating and drinking more or less straight away.  So although the thought of the operation is quite scary it wasn't so bad after all.

Petal66  Thanks for the reply. Hopefully it will all be explained at my next appointment next week. Still processing the wave of information that is sent your way on diagnosis. But groups like this have certainly helped . 

I found  once that I got something in writing it was easier to look up myself and get my head round it.  You don't always pick up on everything they say when you are in the room, well I don't I know I missed a few things, either that or they didn't tell me.