 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If you had IMRT they would have programmed it to avoid the thyroid, if not then you may indeed have thyroid problems post Tx. This can be corrected with Synthroid or other thyroid medications. They will have to fiddle with it for a while to attain the proper balance.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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