 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Healing1,
The trick here is to go to the "symptoms and diagnosis" topic, scroll down and click on "new thread" button on the tool bar on the very bottom left of your screen(you can also click on "new topic" button on the top of the screen as well with the same results). You will then start a thread of your own and it will facilitate getting repsonses for your particular question.
I had IMRT and typically they try to avoid irradiating the thyroid. It took 2 years for my thyroid levels to get to the original levels. They will test yout TSH levels every 6 months and, if need be, will prescribe meds if it goes too high. Not a big deal in the scheme of things.
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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