New Mum Suspected Thyroid Cancer

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Hello all,

I find myself here today as I am struggling to function at the possibility of a thyroid cancer diagnoses with an 11 month old baby.I had an unexpected miracle surprise pregnancy at the age of 45 after years of infertility and failed IVF rounds. I now have a beautiful baby boy who is my world as well as a loving partner who is my soulmate.Fast forward to now age 47 and I have had an enlarged lymph node in the left side of my neck for a while and thought it was down to impacted wisdom teeth.I went for an ultrasound and they found a 1.5cm nodule on the left side of my thyroid classified as a U5 and another smaller abnormal lymph node on the left side of my neck.I had FNA biopsies 2 and a half weeks ago and I have just been a mess,signed off work with anxiety and terrified about leaving my precious baby boy.I have a lovely suportive family but I just feel so alone.Does anyone have any advice on how I carry on functioning normally whilst living in this nightmare.I am very distressed.

Thank you in advance.

k9crazy 10 hours ago

Hi Louise78, I'm sorry you find yourself here. The waiting for collation of results is just awful. I know it's not easy and like you when I was told I had cancer I felt my world had fallen apart, all I could think about was my daughter so I know exactly what you mean but my advice is to try to focus on the fact that thyroid cancer is generally well treatable. The anxiety should ease a bit when you have a treatment plan in place. Make sure you get the contact details for your Cancer Nurse Specialist, mine's been a Godsend replying to all my questions throughout treatment and recovery.

It's kind of surreal when everyone is going about their "normal" lives! For me, my walks and watching wildlife kept me sane, hopefully your baby boy will keep you busy enough to distract you some of the time!

Don't hesitate to contact the Macmillan helpline they will help you through this stage and onwards, as will we on the forum. (It can be a bit slow at times but someone usually replies if they can help).

I found a Maggie's centre near me which was great as you can just go in and offload on someone unconnected. I found that helped me then keep it together for my daughter. Macmillan do 6 free counselling sessions too if you think that may help? Try to keep busy and stay off Google, there's alot of incorrect and outdated information on there. Hopefully some others will pop on with advice on how they coped. Best wishes. X

Medullary Thyroid cancer dx May 2023

Louise78 8 hours ago in reply to k9crazy

Hi K9crazy,

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to me and your advice.Everyone is there for me but I still feel very alone in all this as life just goes on for everyone else and I feel like mine has just stopped.I have kind of lost faith in my body and my confidence.I am trying to keep myself together for the sake of precious boy but I can't bare the thought of leaving him to have any treatment.

I just can't believe this is happening.I just want my life back.

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