 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Actually the NCCN oncology practice guidelines state that a TSH test is to be performed every 6 months for persons receiving radiation in the head and neck area. A baseline TSH test should have been taken before you started treatment as well. If you had IMRT your thyroid function may recover. The thyroid is a "master regulator" gland and affects the entire endocrine system and virtually every cell in your body. See: http://www.endocrineweb.com/thyfunction.html
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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