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Hi all I hope this is ok to post here. I've not yet been diagnosed but feeling very anxious and wondered if any of you could share your experiences of symptoms.. around mid October I developed a sore throat just down right side, this came together with...
Hi everyone, today I was told my scans are clear and all I think about is the fact I have no feelings about it? I have been like this since diagnosis. Of course I'm glad everything is clear but I thought I would feel more at this moment
Hi, I am wondering if anyone has gone through the same post op pain as me. I had total thyroidectomy done 2 days back. This was my second second surgery. First time it was a diagnostic isthmusectomy operation which confirmed papillary carcinoma. So...
Hi everyone, I'm new to this group. I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer a few days ago and I'm 18 weeks pregnant. I went from planning my babies arrival to now being unsure about what's happening around me. I am having surgery in October...
Hi, I was just diagnosed with minimally invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma 3 weeks ago, I had my full TT last friday and now just awaiting Radioiodine treatment. I have initially told about the diagnosis only to my closest family and couple of my...
Hi I just wondered if anyone else had experienced this. I had a sacral bone lesion biopsied and it showed thyroid cells suggesting it was a mets. Then had the full body scan that showed nodules in thyroid. Core needle biopsy was inconclusive so had a...
Recently my wife diagnosed with Minimally invasive Follicular cancer with capsular invasion (3 Foci) and Vascular invasion (2 foci). As per the biopsy report from the left thyroidectomy, it seems there is no extra thyroid extension and Mitotic rate is...
Hi everyone! I'm just reaching out after doing for biopsies on my thyroid nodules. It's left me really scared again ... I was managing my anxiety well. So I have 5 nodules (last time I was told 6). I had biopsies on 3 today, which are apparently the...
Hi everyone I am very fortunate to have made my 5 year anniversary after being treated for thyroid cancer. I am going to be discharged in February and have been told I can have my thyroxine reduced now. I have been reduced from 150 to 125. At 150 I...
I had a swollen lymph node around my left collar bone. So went to the docs. This was scanned and looked fine, however thy scanned further over my neck and then found the issue with my thyroid. A couple of weeks later I had a needle biopsy on my thyroid...
