 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | You could have more than one thing causing problems or one thing causing multiple problems.
I wouldn't put to much stock in what they say about the thyroid as each person can receive varying degrees of radiation and therefore damage and each person can react differently to the same amount of radiation even assuming 2 people could get the exact amount of radiation to the same area(s) of a similarly sized thyroid.
Bottom line, my thyroid crapped out in 4 months or at least that's when I went to get it tested so it could have crapped out even sooner. Anyway, it's good that you're getting it tested.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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