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Hello there! I have been following this forum since my diagnosis back in February but decided to write only today to find other people who like me were diagnosed with a tall cell variant or morphology of PTC. I send all the positive energy I have to you...
PTC diagnoses 5 days ago Hi, dont realy know, whats going on at the moment. Last week, was advised, that had two growths on my thyroid, both Thy5. Going into hospital for full thyroid removal next week. Its just happened so fast, cant tell anyone...
Hi I joined before I was diagnosed due to the worry etc. I have been nearly 2 years since incidental find and had 5 indeterminate biopsies. I had a Hemithyroidectomy on 15th April and was told it was benign. Huge relief. I was called and asked to...
Hi, it's my first time posting here. I had total thyroidectomy on Tuesday. My right vocal cord is paralysed and I'm slowly coming to terms with everything. They will be taking my clips out tomorrow which feels so soon only 3 days post op and I'm so...
Hi Anybody here who has tall cell variant thyroid cancer? I’m three years post TT and trachea resection. Had very small recurrence a few months ago.
Hey people Anyone struggling with side affects from Levothyroxine? I'm on 175mg and he wanted to go higher to lower my tsh a little more it was 0.18 but decided not too due to all my side affects. Diarrhoea, palpitations, weight gain, heat intolerance...
So after confirmation 6 months ago that I had Anaplastic Thyroid and was give. 8-10 weeks, not quite sure how I’m still here.. massive chemo and radiotherapy treatment I. Sept - November, PET scan two weeks ago and tomorrow is results day. Nervous...
Hello, I had a total thyroidectomy, central + left neck dissection and RAI roughly 2 years ago for papillary thyroid cancer. No distant metastases. I was 29 at the time. Last year (9 months after RAI) I had the dynamic risk stratification done, which...
Hello, I was just wondering if there’s anyone else on here with a probable PTEN mutation? thanks
Hey guys, just wondering if any of you had a multi nodular goitre? I had a partial thyroidectomy about 2yrs ago, as one of the nodules was 3cm and constricting my airway. Unfortunately the surgeon refused to remove it all, even though I've been left with...
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