 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | The thyroid test in a simple blood test. Make certain they run a full thyroid panel including the TSH level. They should have done this before you started radiation so you know what your base TSH is. If they didn't, get the test now so you have a base for it because at this point it sounds like your thyroid is working fine.
If it does go south in the future, it is treated with a small pill taken once a day. It can take a bit of jungling to get the correct dosage which is why it is important to know what your TSH was before treatment. No surgery is required.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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