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Hello. I was told last week the pathology from my partial thyroidectomy has come back as tall cell varient and they want to remove the other side of my thyroid next month with my lymph nodes. I have researched and know it can be more aggressive and...
hi, hope everyone’s okay! i had my partial thyroidectomy just over two weeks ago. i have constant anxiety that there is something wrong. i’m constantly trying to see if my neck is swelling which sometimes it seems it is, it also feels hard to breathe...
Hi I was diagnosed with medullary cancer 7 years ago it spread to the bones a couple of years ago I’m now on selpacatinib is there anyone on here that started the same treatment
Hello I saw consultant and I am scared what will be next with my life....I am 45 and I was so excited to go back to uni and work only part time. I found out that I have two nodules :one is U3 and second one is U4 so consultant advised me to have surgery...
Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I get scans and bloods every 6 months to monitor the thyroid cancer mass that was unable to be removed. My most recent results show stable bloods and the only mass is also stable...
Hi, just looking for some advice! I had a thyroid completion on Tuesday and since then my calcium levels have continued to drop daily despite being prescribed Calcium and Vitamin D. Daily these supplements have been increased but my level continues...
Hi I had part thyroid removal in September and was advised it had attached to trachea so they scraped it from there . I was advised to prepare for further surgery for right side which I had removed 5 days ago with 2 lymph nodes removed too . I am taking...
Hi I was just wondering if anyone felt the same. I had my surgeries ten months ago to remove my thyroid due to Papillary Cancer, I am finding that people try to understand when I have a down day but struggle as they expect me to be absolutely fine and...
Hi, I had total thyroidectomy and a lot of lymph nodes removed. Post surgery Biopsy results found papillary cancer in 7 out of 40+ lymph nodes that were removed. I have been advised to under go Radioactive Iodine Treatment. Its has been 3 months since...
I had my thyroid and lymph nodes removed 10 days ago. I have a large sold wedge like wound (ie not flat). Has anyone else had the same surgery and if so what was your wound like please? How long did it take to heal? Thanks
