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[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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