Re: new member , old problem-

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Hi : It's . Welcome to the group. Sounds like we are in the same

boat except for the fact that I don't have antibodies. Hang in there, I know

it's scary. One day at a time. I don't go back to the Dr. until February to

start plan b. You take care, and keep me posted. Your friend in MI,

sunflowerchic1974 wrote: hi my name is michelle

and i am new to this group. i am 27 yearold

married mom of 3 boys. in november 1996 i had a total thyroidectomy

for multifocal papillary cancer.i developed postoperative

hypoparathyroidism. in 1997 i had 100.4 mci of radioiodine .in 1998

i went through 151.7 mci radioiodine and finally in 1999 i went

through 187.1 mci radioiodine. in 2000 i had my first clean scan and

was told all was well and on the recovery zone.

in june of this year i had another wbs because my thyroglobulin

levels were high and several lymph nodes were palipable.

thyroglobulin antibodies were present , so they couldn't use the

thyroglobulin as a tumor marker. my scan came back clean, so they

just wanted to monitor me to see what was happening.in september i

had a cat scan done and that showed the enlarged nodes. my doctor

has since told me that i have become iodine resistant and now have

to go through a thallium scan on december 31. i have several nodes

on the right side of my neck that are about 2mm in size and a mass

on the left side of my neck that is about 5 cm in size. my doctor is

not sure what is going to happen once he does this scan and that is

a little scarey.

thank you,

michelle barth