Guest guest Posted August 12, 2002 Report Share Posted August 12, 2002 I don't know when the surgery or the biopsy will be (they will probably biopsy what they take out) i will know more when i go the the endocrinologist in the 29.I do know that I want to have the whole tyroid taken out cause i don't want to have a second surgery. So until then i know nothing..Which is alot worse then knowing something.... In Thyca@y..., katiekabob <katiekabob@e...> wrote > > Hi my name is i am 26 yrs. from VA I haven't been > > diagnosed with thyca but i am going for a biopsy and i have to > > have my thyroid romoved. > > Hi, - > > Welcome to the group! > > You are very smart and very lucky to have found us before you even know if > you have thyroid cancer. > > > I had a growth found a little over a year > > ago 2 by 3 mm and with my recent ultrasound it has grown to 9 by > > 17 mm and i also have a lump in my lymph node in my neck. > > Yikes! That's a considerable growth in a year! > > I agree with you that not knowing is almost always harder than knowing, > whatever it is. > > Has your surgery already been scheduled? > I'm wondering why you are having a biopsy if it is already known that you > will be having your thyroid removed? A lot of us have had inconclusive > (or misleading) biopsies before surgery; it's the post surgery pathology > that really counts. > > Where in Virginia are you? > There are local support groups in Merriefield, as well as Bethesda and > Silver Spring .... > see http://www.thyca.org/local.htm for details .... > > If it's possible, it is probably a good idea to see if you can get your > grandmother's health records, or at least more information about her > cancer. Whatever your diagnosis turns out to be, it's a good thing to > have that information. > > > Good luck, and please let us know how the biopsy goes > (or if you want any information) - > > > NYC > > TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; clean scan 3/02; > current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine > > > > I have a > > family history of thyca my grandmom died from it i am not sure > > which kind she had because i was never in contact with her because > > my mom and dad divorced when i was just 6 months old. I am such a > > ball of nervees right now I think the worst thing right now is not > > knowing if i have caner or not. but i am sure you all have been > > where i am right now.. Well thats my story ....Any support right > > now would be really apprecaitive... > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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