Charm,
Thanks for your informative post on the thyroid - TSH / T4 issue.

I was told by one of my RO's that issues like this will not normally show up until a year or more after RT. I don't know what my baseline was, but I seem to randomly get cold spells.

I need to get up-to-speed on this since my thyroid test is now part of my physical so it is being monitored by my PCP. I am scheduled for the physical next month (lab a week before).

My pre physical PET/CT came back clean (about two years now since DX), but with some notation of tissue fibrosis?? (thickening or something?)in my throat near the thyroid. I was told my ENT has reviewed it and will explain it to me at our next scheduled appointment (also next month).

Also at my last RO visit, I was told this may be my last PET/CT... She said if it looks OK she would have the scan center set the archive up for future MRI overlays (does that mean I won't glow in the dark and set off the airport nuclear detectors anymore? smile ).


Don
TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary
FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm
PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm
HiRes CT 6/21/08
Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08
PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08
35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo
Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11