Second Opinion- VERY SCAREY STUFF!!!
April 17, 2008 11:33am
Hi everyone- Thanks for stopping by. I know I've been away a long time...... This is the follow-up to my second opinion …
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I am a 43-year-old woman just diagnosed with papillary (sp?) thyroid cancer yesterday. I don't have all the facts or info yet, will get them first thing Monday morning but I'm very scared. I have a 15 year old son with autism, for me to leave him would be more than he could bear....
I am a 43-year-old woman just diagnosed with papillary (sp?) thyroid cancer yesterday. I don't have all the facts or info yet, will get them first thing Monday morning but I'm very scared. I have a 15 year old son with autism, for me to leave him would be more than he could bear....
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Journal Entry for November 18, 2007
November 18, 2007 8:04am
Hi everyone- Orange font today to celebrate Thanksgiving. I feel I have much to be thankful for. I had my thyroidectomy 10 weeks ago, followed …
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Journal Entry for September 12, 2007
September 12, 2007 2:07pm
Hi everyone- I'm writing in brown today because I feel like sh*t. Sorry if this offends anyone. I had my surgery exactly one week …
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Journal Entry for August 23, 2007
August 23, 2007 10:32pm
Hi everyone- I'm waiting to have my thyroidectomy in about 2 weeks. I have my good days and my bad days. I try and stay positive but …
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Journal Entry for August 15, 2007
August 15, 2007 4:52pm
Hi everyone- I'm writing in red today because this is a red-letter day ! Yesterday I had my appointment with the surgeon, I am …
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May you have good health in the future! God bless..please write and let me know how you're doing ok? I am thinking of and praying for you!
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Hi Cher, my daughter has yet to go through thyrogen shots and RAI starting Jan 12. Hope you are having a good day-take care, Linda
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Hi Cherri, I am with you, I have to go for my yearly check up ( thyrogen shots, blood work, radioactive pill and scan) this summer. It will be 3 yrs and all is well with that.
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I have not been able to get on this site for some time. It would say that I was denied when I tried to sign in. I was instructed to try several different things and then yesterday I wrote them saying that it was bad to be part of a support group, read things that you felt you had some insight into helping someone and could not get on. I got a note this morning telling me what to do and it worked. I don't know what was wrong, because I had been on this support group for over a year. Hope you are feeling well. Let me hear from you.
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Cherry, You haven't been around for sometime I hope all is well for you and I so look forward to hearing positive things. Please let us know you're OK!!!
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Close Thyroid Cancer
Type: Papillary CarcinomaDx in August '07. Total Thyroidectomy Sep '07. RAI Oct '07. Had horrible depression during dx and treatment. Surgery/RAI was difficult. As of Jan '08, I'm feeling better with only minor brain fog.
Treatments
- Cytomel Working / Worked
- I took Cytomel for 1 month following surgery, before I had to become hypothyroid for RAI treatment. I think it helped with energy level and depression, because as soon as it was time to stop taking Cytomel I felt terrible.
- Radiotherapy Working / Worked
- Stayed in Hospital 48 hrs. The rules for RAI hospital stays vary by state and/or dosage given. Seems to have worked :-) Side effects- loss of taste & smell, dry mouth & nose (bloody noses due to the dryness) bad gas (PU). The symptoms went away after 6-8 weeks :-)
Close Colon Cancer
I'm a thyroid cancer survivor being tested for gardner's syndrome or fap, which eventually develops into colon cancer. genetic testing for fap takes about a month, will know then.
Open Pancreatic Cancer
My mother died in 1984 from pancreatic cancer at age 56. She was an active and vibrant woman before it struck. She started having stomach pains in Nov, dx and surgery in Jan, reoccurance in liver in June and passed away in Sept from a blood infection-no immune system left. So she lived 10 mos after dx. She had been a smoker for approx 10-15 years in her younger days but quit 20 yrs before pc dx. I pray they find a cure soon :-(
Treatments
- Radiotherapy Somewhat Helpful
- Gave mom a few more months, lots of vomiting though
- Whipple Procedure Working / Worked
- Gave mom 9 more precious mos of life, not too bad side effects.
