I had surgery to remove 2/3 of my thyroid in November due to a suspicious growth. The surgeon was very circumspect about whether or not it was cancerous and refused to get into ifs and buts. I found out just before Christmas that the growth was papillary thyroid cancer. I have been provisionally told that the removed the entire tumour and I am unlikely to need more treatment but I’m seeing my surgeon on 27th to discuss it fully.
the surgery didn’t go that smoothly, I had a paralysed vocal cord resulting in swallowing difficulties and shortness of breath. Once that sorted it self out I now have a trapped nerve in my neck (likely caused my stress and muscle tension). I’m struggling emotionally. I felt I dealt with it well at the time but now feel really flat. I feel that I should be able to move on and be grateful that I don’t need more surgery or iodine treatment. I know in the wider scheme of things what I have been through is fairly minor and that makes me feel worse about not just getting on with it. Has anyone struggled with dealing with these sort of emotions?
