Hi there, I'm new to the group after sadly being diagnosed with thyroid cancer last week. I have an 11mm nodule on the right side of my thyroid following an FNA I had 2 weeks prior. I forgot to ask what sort of thyroid cancer it is. I have been given...
I currently take both these drugs following two ops to remove thyroid cancer and followed these with RAI. Everything I read says to leave 4 hours between levothyroxine and lansoprazole but I’m sure my thyroid consultant said at outset that a gap of 1...
Background: Surgery 1 - Nov 2019 - full thyroidectomy and central neck dissection. RAI - March 2020 (last patient prior to covid) seemed to be effective. Surgery 2 - Aug 2022 - left neck dissection and central dissection, after recurrence, scans...
Hi everyone, Just looking for some reassurance really. I had TT in October and full neck dissection removing 91 lymph nodes (36 of them were cancerous). Il hopefully be having RAI the end of feb but i am so worried that there will be spread on the...
Hey! Back here again I had a hemithyroidectomy back in May last year and have had my 8 month follow up US scan to check all is ok. They found something that they classed as U3, unidentifiable, so took a biopsy. Get my results this Saturday but keen...
Hi all, New here as only diagnosed 4 weeks ago. Still trying to get my head around it all to be honest. I was told initially that the biopsies done on my thyroid were suspicious but that ones done on lumps on my lymph nodes were cancer. They have...
Hi new to this I have been unwell since February 2022 finally got diagnoised in august 2022 with pallipary carcinoma had a PT to then find out it had spread to my lymph nodes so went for a second surgery in December 2022 for full thyroidoctomy and neck...
Hi There, I am about 24 hours post surgery after a partial thyroidectomy due to papillary carcinoma. I am physically quite comfortable but was unable to sleep until 8am this morning, and only for about 2 hours. I feel like I am on speed but it is...
Hi all, after my first round of radioiodine just before Xmas,I am starting to feel better,as I said my papillary cancer is extensive in my neck and now mets in both lungs,I felt very tired after radioiodine but starting to get better now and able to walk...
Hi all! I’m new to this forum (and forums in general!), but I am in a slightly nervy situation and was wondering if anyone else here has had a similar experience and/or has heard of this. So basically… in 2020, a couple of months after giving birth...
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