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| Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Cheryl
It is so frustrating, isn't it? Even my medical oncologist was clueless about the need to get your TSH back to the before cancer score instead of assuming that anything within the lab ranges was okay. We had quite the discussion until he admitted that his "knowledge" of thyroid treatment was just out of the same medical school textbook I had read and agreed with me that a specialist was the way to go. Don't even get me started on the incorrect lab test ranges that everyone uses despite the evidence to the contrary. Again: let your husband know that seeing an endocrinologist was the only way I got this fixed. Also bring copies of prior test results - I only had the one so I don't know the significance of the progression but it will mean something to the endo doc Keep the Faith charm 65 yr Old Frack Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+ 2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG 2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery 25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Apaghia /G button 2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa 40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Passed away 4-29-13
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