 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Damn Minnie, life just won't cut you a break. At least if it is only thyroid cancer, they take it out and you are synthroid for the rest of your life. Very tiny pill so easy to swallow. Can be tricky to get the right dose for while but they should have your baseline from before radaition.
Here's hoping that is all it is or better yet, none at all.
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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