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My thyroid cancer came back and I need to have another surgery to remove the growth.
Two years ago I had surgery to remove what I believed at the time to be a benign goiter. I was informed by my surgeon when I woke up after surgery that they found cancer. They removed my whole thyroid, a portion of my parathyroid and all the lymph nodes in my chest. 11 of the 14 lymph nodes as well as the thyroid and parathyroid contained cancer.
In the 2 years since my first surgery I have had a radioactive iodine treatment, where I had to be quarantined for 5 days. This and surgery are the best ways to eradicate the cancer. Chemo doesnt really help with thyroid cancer.
I have had blood work and multiple body scans including ct scans, ultrasounds and mri's to monitor the progress of cancer growth. A recent scan showed a small growth in a lymph node located on a vein on the right side of my neck as well as a small growth on the left side of my neck. I will be having a neck dissection to remove the growth on the right side. The growth on the left side isn't showing signs of cancer yet and is in a location that isn't typical for thyroid cancer to spread to. Depending on how my body responds to this surgery and future blood work I may not have to have the growth on the left side removed.
I'm raising money to cover the surgery and corresponding medical cost. I know times are rough right now but your gifts and donations will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking thr time to read this.
If you want to read more about neck dissections check out this link
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007573.htm
Two years ago I had surgery to remove what I believed at the time to be a benign goiter. I was informed by my surgeon when I woke up after surgery that they found cancer. They removed my whole thyroid, a portion of my parathyroid and all the lymph nodes in my chest. 11 of the 14 lymph nodes as well as the thyroid and parathyroid contained cancer.
In the 2 years since my first surgery I have had a radioactive iodine treatment, where I had to be quarantined for 5 days. This and surgery are the best ways to eradicate the cancer. Chemo doesnt really help with thyroid cancer.
I have had blood work and multiple body scans including ct scans, ultrasounds and mri's to monitor the progress of cancer growth. A recent scan showed a small growth in a lymph node located on a vein on the right side of my neck as well as a small growth on the left side of my neck. I will be having a neck dissection to remove the growth on the right side. The growth on the left side isn't showing signs of cancer yet and is in a location that isn't typical for thyroid cancer to spread to. Depending on how my body responds to this surgery and future blood work I may not have to have the growth on the left side removed.
I'm raising money to cover the surgery and corresponding medical cost. I know times are rough right now but your gifts and donations will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking thr time to read this.
If you want to read more about neck dissections check out this link
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007573.htm