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I had thyroid completion surgery in January 2021 after my initial surgery in Oct 2020 which discovered papillary cancer. The cancer was contained to one side of my thyroid and I recovered well without further treatment. I had a 6 month check up on Monday...
I had a 4cm tumour removed in October 2019 and received a diagnosis of follicular cancer later that year. The remaining thyroid was removed in August 2020 and I had RAI in early October 2020. I went on to 175mg of levothyroxine 8/20, reduced to 150mg...
Hi all I'm new here, and really thankful to have found this forum. Reading some of your posts has provided a lot of helpful information. I'm currently going through diagnosis and looking for some information about what the best course of action for...
Hi, We met the oncologist today in Oxford. We understood from him that there is a shortage of supply for Radio active Iodine capsule in UK/Europe. Hence , they were not able to give us a date for the treatment. there could be a delay of 2months or so...
Hello forum, i was hoping someone might have some info on Rhodiola Rosea , i have searched online but seemed to come to brick wall with whether or not its safe to take this Ayurvedic herb. It has many different health benefits and i am interested to...
Hi there i have already posted on here but not on this forum. I have been diagnosed with Thyroid Papillary Micro Carcinoma and am going in for surgery this Monday! Total thyroidectomy and removal of some adjacent lymph glands. I thought this would be...
Hi , I was told in Dec 21' I had a Thy4 result on my FNA , I first met the team they coucelled me on a full thyroidectomy but post the multidisciplinary meeting they have asked for a repeat fna and ultrasound. They said it was correctly catagorised...
Hi all - I had papillary thyroid cancer (in both sides) in 2017 and had the full thyroid removed and RAI. My TSH has always been below 1 since then (sometimes as low 0.01) but I recently had a blood test for something else which included some thyroid...
Hi everyone I have stage 3 thyroid follicular cancer I’ve had 2 surgeries one in November and one in January. I’ve had total thyroid removed now and I’m waiting for RAI next month. My cancer has branched off I’ve been told. I feel worried and scared....
Hello, I was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer back in September 2019 this had also spread to some of my lymph nodes. I’ve completed my treatment but have a question regarding follow ups I currently have 6 monthly follow up appointments which up until the...
