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I discovered earlier this year that I carry the RET gene. As a result I had blood tests and scans, to see how things were. I had no obvious symptoms of anything, it was just routine testing. I found out last week that I have a 1cm cancerous nodule on...
Hi all, please forgive me as I've not been online for a while, I'm, having a third or 4th dose of radioiodine on the 16 of December, my consultant told me if I don't respond to radioiodine this time he will not treat me until my cancers get bigger. I...
Hi, I wondered if anyone can provide some advice or if anyone has gone through the same as me. Long story short, went to GP with multiple large lymph nodes that weren’t going down and some growing, I went to ENT and they found a nodule which they...
Hi, I recently got the thyroid cancer diagnosis. I have no symptoms and the nodule (11 mm) was found by accident. FNA showed it is papillary cancer. I am currently waiting for a CT scan (neck and chest) and i have a follow up appointment in almost 3 weeks...
Hi all! I wanted to get people's thoughts on what they did or felt about their posture after thyroidectomy. So I also slightly hunched my shoulders probably however in pictures and mirror I have noticed the one on side that had the largest thyroid...
Hey everyone, I had my total thyroidectomy this Monday and was able to come home on Thursday afternoon. All went okay and I haven't been in too much pain. My parathyroid seems to have been affected during the surgery though and I'm having to take calcium...
Hi I had a thyroidectomy nearly 5 months ago I just wondered if anyone had any sleep problems. I had blood tests done yesterday see if anything is out of range. My parathyroid tests was still low on last blood tests. My calcium vitamin d supplements have...
My journey so far.. Initial appointment following e consult after recognising a lump in my neck - 19th September Blood tests - 20th September - showed Elevated TSH with low FT4 consistent with primary hypothyroidism. Ultrasound- 21st September ...
Hello my surgery is booked for the 27/11 - hemithyroidectomy, possible thyroidectomy and level 6 dissection if necessary. i wanted to reach out to see if anybody else had an under active thyroid before surgery and was started on thyroxine before hand...
Hi. I am new here. Recently my partner got a U5 ultrasound scan on a thyroid node and so did a FNA to assess if it is cancerous. The nodule is relatively small (a few mm) but the shape is no good. My partner and I are both quite stressed actually...
