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Hi I’m new to the group, I had a total thyroidectomy on 18th May for Graves’ disease. I had a little bit of vocal paralysis.Recovered well and went for post op follow up a week ago to be told that when they sent my thyroid of histology they found a 2...
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Hey guys, New to the group here, so thank you for taking your time to read my story. I have suffered with hyperthyroidism since 2019 and the plan was to eventually receive radioiodine therapy but I became pregnant with my now two year old son, and...
Hi, I am 25 years old and have been recently diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer, so my journey starts now. I will be having a total thyroidectomy and full next dissection as cancer is in both sides of my neck, lymph nodes behind my ears and above...
Hi everyone, I had a total thyroidectomy in March 17 followed by RAI, up to this year my TG levels have been fine around 0.05 however in Jul this year they increased to 60.9 then again to 109 by Aug 22. My TC was partly poorly differentiated Papillary...
Hello, I feel guilty writing this, people have it a million times worse than I did. I’m absolutely fine after 5 years and a thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine. But now I’ve had 2 kids and they’re sleeping through and life has calmed, it’s hit me...
Hello All, I am posting today to say hello to you all and to seek support and advice from the members of this group about my situation. Also, I would just like to connect with others in a similar situation; this cancer business is lonely! I am a female...
The lump on my thyroid is hard and clearly visible. I’ve been looking at it since April. My first fine needle aspiration was inconclusive and I was told to expect an operation and core biopsy within 4 months. The wait was hard but that timeline came and...
Hello all. I’m new to this group and have found past posts very informative. In a nutshell, I had Covid in January. I wasn’t poorly with it but immediately after, started with what I thought was laryngitis. Weeks later I was still unwell - I had a strange...
Hi I'm new to this group. I found a lump around a month ago in my clavicle and went to see the gp. He referred me to an ENT specialist who sent me for a scan. The lump on the clavicle was fine but on my thyroid they found a 1.9cm lump that looked suspicious...
