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Hi Everyone, back in March I had my left thyroid gland removed due large growth which turned out to be papillary thyroid cancer, on results it was decided that they needed to complete the removal of my whole thyroid. This was completed 2 weeks ago now...
Hi everyone! Just wanted to say hi and look for emotional support. First diagnosis of cancer was 2017. I had surgery and rai done. Eight years after, it came back. I just had my surgery 5 days ago and unfortunately my voice has been raspy since then...
Hi lovely people I am confused because I have pain little byt in my thyroid nodul.I dont know if it is inflammed maybe little byt. I am before period so this could be the reason?My surgery is 6 th of January. I can feel sometimes my nodule and I cant...
Hi. I had a diagnostic partial thyroid removal on the 9th November 2025 i receivers my appointment letter today ( 27thNov) my appointment isn’t for another 3 weeks, so I’m guessing if they know the results and can wait 3,weeks that they are fine?...
Hi all. im struggling a bit at the minute so thought I’d reach out. I was told at my biopsy results that I had cancer and they would operate within the month I was sent, in a daze to have routine bloods done. I was just about to go in when the nurse...
Hi, I have very recently been diagnosed with MTC and awaiting my official staging next week and treatment will plan. I had a pT3a tumour removed and partial thyroid removal so waiting on next steps. I wondered if anyone else has had or going through similar...
I had an inconclusive biopsy a year ago and waited 8 months for an ultrasound which has confirmed cancer. I’m having my thyroid and lymph nodes removed on Monday. I don’t know what type of cancer I’ve got, the stage or what to expect after surgery. Advice...
Hello, I am reaching out to anyone who has undergone a Total Thyroidectomy and lymph node dissection and may have issues with swallowing. My 78 year old Mum was diagnosed in April with a rare type of Thyroid cancer called Medullary Thyroid cancer...
So I posted a couple of weeks ago saying I had been called in for a f2f. Results were inconclusive but recommendation is to have partial removal and then further testing on the nodule. So, surgery in a couple of weeks.
Three weeks ago I had a partial thyroid removal operation which I was told had gone well. Yesterday I was told cancer was present in the removed thyroid and i will need to have the other side removed as well as Iodine treatment three months later. I am...
