Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Welcome, Chrissy! I am Feisty(Thyrofeisty)group co-owner) I am somewhat older than you, and I live in Texas. Feel free to ask questions, vent, laugh cry, etc.We have a very caring, loving,wise and intelligent " family " here with this group. Hugs, Feisty(thyrofeisty) Hello , thanks for the warm welcome! I am so glad I found this group. HUGS Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 Hi neighbor, I'm in St. Louis, welcome to the board. Chris > Hello, I just joined this group and thought I'd jump right in and > introduce myself. My name is Chrissy, I am 31 years old, live in > Missouri with my husband and have had 8 years of thyroid > hell. 8 years ago, in 1996 I discovered a lump in the front of my > neck, long story short it ended up being a cancerous tumor on my > right thyroid so had the whole thyroid removed and following that > had a dose of radioactive iodine. After that was put on synthroid > but for some reason the Dr. had a hard time getting my levels right. > Finally in 2000 an Endocrinologist came to my town so got into her > and luckily am still her patient, she got my levels under control. > But November of last year noticed my lymph nodes swelling, had been > through numerous tests, ultra sounds coming back showing lymph nodes > very swollen, have recently been taken completely off my synthroid > for 6 weeks and had the body scan with taking a radiation pill and > it came back positive, it is showing something in my neck, they told > me they can't tell me it is cancer or not, and they think it could > be left over tissue from 8 years ago. So am scheduled for > radioactive iodine in June. Luckily I can do that as an outpatient > now, but it will be hard, first 3 days no contact with anyone, days > 4-14 only 2 hours a day with people. And to back track, they think > my lymph nodes are fine, just swollen. Then after my radioactive > iodine in June, have to have the body scan in 1 year to see if it > got it all. Scary and a long process and am nervous about gaining > more weight. I really need a support group, this all is so emotional > and scary. Luckily I do not have to work outside of the home, so > thats easy on me, and we never had children, always had to many > health problems. Anyway, am looking forward to meeting you all. > HUGS > Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Hi neighbor, I'm in St. Louis, welcome to the board. Chris Hey we're real close, I live in Hannibal, about 2 hours from you! I love going to St. Louis to the Zoo, take my neice about every other year. Thanks for the welcome. HUGS Chrissy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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