Hi all! im a 23 year old mum of 2 boys. My GP has referred me for an urgent scan on my thyroid and throat, due to the severe pain I am experiencing. Is it normal to be so nervous? symptoms are: swollen right lobe of thyroid severe pain when swallowing...
Hi lm new to this group, my cancer journey or should l say my cancer nightmare started last year. lm a 55 year old woman who currently feels a lot older, l had no health issues before this. l am struggling with not being able to get my meds right, RAI...
I was diagnosed with papillary TC at end of September and had a total thyroidectomy at the end of November. The biopsy shows that the cancer hadn’t spread to lymph nodes but confirmed that the cancer isn’t papillary but is actually Poorly Differentiated...
I haven't been on here for a little while, but it saddens me to say my amazing husband Loz passed away peacefully on the 27th December to this awful disease, he left us peacefully and is no longer in pain. The time was just not enough he was taken too...
Hi everyone one of my friends said I should enquire about being covered for this ,has anyone had any experience with this Thanks guys
Hi, I'm currently receiving chemo for breast cancer and have also been told I have an unrelated capillary thyroid cancer. I have a follow up appointment with ENT next week, hopefully for full results, and just wondering what I might expect next. Thyroid...
Over the last 7 years since total thyroidectomy for medullary thyroid cancer my TSH levels have always been below the normal levels despite T4 being normal. I don’t need to be suppressed and feel relatively normal so I’m reluctant to have thyroxine reduced...
So my Husband 47 was diagnosed with anaplastic carcinoma in September this year, its in his thyroid lunch node and spread to the right lung and in his bones, this disease is increasingly fast and I just can't believe how quickly this is happening. We...
I'm currently under investigation for what they think could be CLL, although I did see another ENT consultant yesterday of the same team who seems to be heading off towards Thyroid. I have enlarged lymph nodes in the neck (dont show) and also some enlarged...
Hi everyone I was just wondering if anyone has the same experience as myself. I had my biopsy almost a month ago and the doctor said to me whilst doing the ultrasound you know a lot of people can have thyroid cancer and not know, many people in their...
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