Hi all, I had hemithyroidectomy last year for cancer. About 3 months post op started having pain elsewhere (close to lymph nodes) which has continued ever since. I went through a breast cancer clinic today and a spot was identified on ultrasound. The...
Hi everyone It has been a little over a month since i was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer and it still doesn't feel real. I have had a meeting with the ENT consultant a few weeks ago and was supposed to be before the MDT the following week. When...
Hello all, First time posting so by way of background: Papillary Thyroid Cancer diagnosed in August 2024 Thyroidectomy in October 2024 Radioiodine Therapy in March 2025 I had my last review in July this year with my ENT Specialist and she...
Ive had my TSH checked for medication purposes. I’ve had the dreaded text from the GP about having to call them, this is normal because my TSH is outside of the normal range, but then I spottEd this lower down and now I’m panicking. It’s not the TSH that...
Hi everyone, I'm new here and have been coping with papillary thyroid cancer for about a year. I'll try to put a long story short. I was diagnosed with Graves disease around 3 years ago and after 2 years of meds it was decided a more permanent option...
Hi, I have had my first check up after a thyroidectomy and RAI for stage 3 papillary cancer which fortunately went well. My concern is that I have been transferred back to ENT by my oncologist and the registrar said that he would not need to see me for...
Hello, new on here and I'm writing on behalf of my partner. Late last year he was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer which was completely out of the blue as had no symptoms he was aware of apart from tiredness, which he out down to another issue. He...
Hi Eveyone, I was diagonsed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2019. I was on a drug in my early teenage years to help with my active acne. The drug was called roaccutane. This drug has now been removed from the market due to its major side effects...
Hi I stopped calcium tablets 5 weeks ago but have not had a blood test since they were stopped, I'm going to have surgery for ovarian cyst. Does anyone know if a blood test should be done after stopping them last blood test parathyroid went back to normal...
I am 41 and have thyroid cancer (tall cell papillary) that has spread to my bones, including my spine. I had a total thyroidectomy in January 2024, along with the removal of 105 lymph nodes. At this point, it was thought to be 'just' papillary thyroid...
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