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Hi Could i have help please.... so I had scan of my thyroid gland after that I had biopsy, which the result came today on mine nhs app.It says abnormal but it doesnt say cancer.Also why is says no further action? I am so stressed, please help
Hi, new here as only diagnosed last Wednesday 5 November with thyroid cancer - 44mm follicular cancer and 1.7mm papillary cancer. My diagnosis took 25 weeks and 2 days with a lot wasted time in between. Waiting on a date for second surgery for the left...
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, I have been asked to come in and see consultant f2f to discuss thyroid fna and cnb results. Obvs im quite concerned about this and going to assume they don’t call people in to say that they are fine.
Hi. Does anyone have any experience with the side-effects of Cabozantinib? I've been put on Cometriq to treat metastatic medullary thyroid cancer and originally I was prescribed 140mg per day but the side effects were too severe. I had a sore mouth...
Hello everyone My name is Tony, I am from Dublin originally but now living and working in Derry in Northern Ireland. I am 49, and will be turning 50 in December. I got diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer 2 weeks ago after spending a week in hospital...
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...
Hi, I’m a newbie here although had my surgery 2 years ago. I had a total thyroidectomy and neck dissection with lymph nodes removed. My tumours were large and like others Ive read about stuck to my windpipe and had crushed my vocal cords they were papillary...
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...
