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thyroid cancer

I am scheduled for surgery on a few days to remove my thyroid because of thyroid cancer.  I've know for 2 months.  I'm still a wreck.  And worried they will tell me its spread.  Is anyone awake?
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586424 tn?1232176659
(((((HUGS)))))

I don't know what you are going through, but my thoughts and prayers are with you.  You have a gaggle of people here who are here 24*7 for you!  So post, vent and ask for a shoulder whenever!

(((((HUGS)))))
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571680 tn?1219584014
Annggee, I was where you are in June.  I was scheduled for foot surgery, and coincidentally was checked (as I had been for 10 years) by ultrasound for thyroid nodules.   I had two biopsies and they found cancer.  My son is a doctor, and he told me the same thing that Kipland said, "If you're going to get cancer, that is the best place to get it."  My GP told me the same thing; so did a lot of other people who have had it.  It is pretty common.  I am now five weeks post-surgery and have had my RAI-131 (radioactive iodine) pill last Thursday and am in isolation at home.  All in all, the surgery went pretty well and was, for me at least, pretty painless.  The first hours after surgery, they had me on Morphine injections; after that it was Tylenol with Codeine for about two days and then Advil (thus, the "painless").  After a short while, I started feeling sluggish and bloated (hypothyroid).  I just started on Levothyroxine 112 yesterday and am feeling a bit better already.  This is a long answer, but I needed this information and had to get it from various sources.  We are all here for you.  This forum is a Godsend.  Good luck and God bless you on your surgery.
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185634 tn?1257071139
I know how you're feeling right now, as I was in the same spot last year.  That "C" word is a scary one.

Go to the health pages here on Med Help in the upper right hand corner.  There is lots of good info there.  Also, search the internet for information - just make sure you're getting it from reputable sites.

What I found is the more I researched and read about it, I started to calm down a bit.  Not that I wasn't crawling out of my skin the day of surgery, but I knew more about what was going to happen.  

As you read, you'll find that thyroid cancer is typically very treatable.  "They" say, if you're going to have cancer - this is the place to have it.  You'll hear that frequently, and be prepared because it's going to tick you off.  As far as I'm concerned, once you're diagnosed with cancer - it doesn't matter where it is, the fact remains that you have it.  And it's scary.  I actually went through kind of like a grieving process after I found out!!

The emotions that you're having are normal as you go through this.  There are tons of wonderful people out here that have been where you are and will support you and answer your questions.

Let us know your surgery date, and post when you can afterwards to let us know how you're doing.  Good luck!

Lori
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