Guest guest Posted February 15, 2003 Report Share Posted February 15, 2003 Good morning all, I signed in at the surgery center at 8:00 am, had the surgery around 9:30, & was home by 12:30! I have some swelling (moderate to small amt) but very little discomfort. And best of all the soreness (crick) on that side of my neck & shoulder is gone! I believed that the1 lg node was pressing on a nerve (I feared & worried too that the thyca may have " invaded " it, where our minds go when given very little info, LOL). Seems maybe I was right on the pressure thing. Another reason to keep paying attention to our bodies & finding docs who will listen! Thanks to all for the notes of good luck & concern. I can now focus on the preparations for the RAI; packing, giving the rooms I'll be in post RAI that feng shui look (cleared of clutter), & doing some more LID cooking. I also plan to start thinking of RAI as a wonderful tool that will help eradicate any thyca in my body, not as some dreaded treatment to suffer through. Not to minimize anyone's poss bad experiences with their treatments or assume mine will be a " walk in the park " , but to counteract the very ingrained fear of " radiation " any child of the 60s formed during the Cuban missle crisis. Now on a very positive note, I'm going to have the coffee I couldn't have yesterday a.m., one of my true pleasures in life (thank goodness it's on the LID!). Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection(during right lobectomy when pap thyca found) Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 2nd surgery, remove 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 TSH 2-11-03 was 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 Good news. Good luck with the RAI. Jim 2nd surgery went well Good morning all, I signed in at the surgery center at 8:00 am, had the surgery around 9:30, & was home by 12:30! I have some swelling (moderate to small amt) but very little discomfort. And best of all the soreness (crick) on that side of my neck & shoulder is gone! I believed that the1 lg node was pressing on a nerve (I feared & worried too that the thyca may have " invaded " it, where our minds go when given very little info, LOL). Seems maybe I was right on the pressure thing. Another reason to keep paying attention to our bodies & finding docs who will listen! Thanks to all for the notes of good luck & concern. I can now focus on the preparations for the RAI; packing, giving the rooms I'll be in post RAI that feng shui look (cleared of clutter), & doing some more LID cooking. I also plan to start thinking of RAI as a wonderful tool that will help eradicate any thyca in my body, not as some dreaded treatment to suffer through. Not to minimize anyone's poss bad experiences with their treatments or assume mine will be a " walk in the park " , but to counteract the very ingrained fear of " radiation " any child of the 60s formed during the Cuban missle crisis. Now on a very positive note, I'm going to have the coffee I couldn't have yesterday a.m., one of my true pleasures in life (thank goodness it's on the LID!). Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection(during right lobectomy when pap thyca found) Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 2nd surgery, remove 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 TSH 2-11-03 was 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 Good news. Good luck with the RAI. Jim 2nd surgery went well Good morning all, I signed in at the surgery center at 8:00 am, had the surgery around 9:30, & was home by 12:30! I have some swelling (moderate to small amt) but very little discomfort. And best of all the soreness (crick) on that side of my neck & shoulder is gone! I believed that the1 lg node was pressing on a nerve (I feared & worried too that the thyca may have " invaded " it, where our minds go when given very little info, LOL). Seems maybe I was right on the pressure thing. Another reason to keep paying attention to our bodies & finding docs who will listen! Thanks to all for the notes of good luck & concern. I can now focus on the preparations for the RAI; packing, giving the rooms I'll be in post RAI that feng shui look (cleared of clutter), & doing some more LID cooking. I also plan to start thinking of RAI as a wonderful tool that will help eradicate any thyca in my body, not as some dreaded treatment to suffer through. Not to minimize anyone's poss bad experiences with their treatments or assume mine will be a " walk in the park " , but to counteract the very ingrained fear of " radiation " any child of the 60s formed during the Cuban missle crisis. Now on a very positive note, I'm going to have the coffee I couldn't have yesterday a.m., one of my true pleasures in life (thank goodness it's on the LID!). Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection(during right lobectomy when pap thyca found) Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 2nd surgery, remove 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 TSH 2-11-03 was 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2003 Report Share Posted February 16, 2003 Good news. Good luck with the RAI. Jim 2nd surgery went well Good morning all, I signed in at the surgery center at 8:00 am, had the surgery around 9:30, & was home by 12:30! I have some swelling (moderate to small amt) but very little discomfort. And best of all the soreness (crick) on that side of my neck & shoulder is gone! I believed that the1 lg node was pressing on a nerve (I feared & worried too that the thyca may have " invaded " it, where our minds go when given very little info, LOL). Seems maybe I was right on the pressure thing. Another reason to keep paying attention to our bodies & finding docs who will listen! Thanks to all for the notes of good luck & concern. I can now focus on the preparations for the RAI; packing, giving the rooms I'll be in post RAI that feng shui look (cleared of clutter), & doing some more LID cooking. I also plan to start thinking of RAI as a wonderful tool that will help eradicate any thyca in my body, not as some dreaded treatment to suffer through. Not to minimize anyone's poss bad experiences with their treatments or assume mine will be a " walk in the park " , but to counteract the very ingrained fear of " radiation " any child of the 60s formed during the Cuban missle crisis. Now on a very positive note, I'm going to have the coffee I couldn't have yesterday a.m., one of my true pleasures in life (thank goodness it's on the LID!). Tardie, age 48, Mobile,AL FNA 11-02 (reported benign) TT 01-28-03 with central node dissection(during right lobectomy when pap thyca found) Positive neck nodes remained in lateral neck (endo told surgeon to leave them!) Clear chest xray Going hypo for RAI 2-25-03! (moved up), doing LID as of 2-11-03 2nd surgery, remove 2 additional nodes done 2-14-03 TSH 2-11-03 was 45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.