Some acronyms and abbreviations, was - Re: Re: New here

February 23, 2003

> This is WONDERFUL! How in the world am I EVER going to find time to

> research these older messages to find some wonderful

> information?!?!!?!?!?!!?

Well, 's made it a bit easier with all her wonderful archives

:-).

ARCHIVE INDEX: links to individual indexes

> on another note...I didn't see subtotal thyroidectomy, which was

> what I was told I had. is that the same/similar to partial

> thyroidectomy??

My understanding is that what we refer to as TT (total thyroidectomy)

is really a sub-total, because they can't remove everything

surgically. There are too many things in there like vocal cords,

parathyroids, etc. But here's a link to what they are referring to

as a sub-total:

Cheers,

Alisa

Currently - TSH 0.09, 140mcg Levoxyl

2/15/2002: Nodule found 2/27/2002: FNA

3/4/2002: Hysterectomy/oopherectomy-possible ovarian cancer - BENIGN!!

4/9/2002: TT - Stage 2 pap 2.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm nodule, dx Hashimotos

5/28/2002: 100 mCi RAI

12/16/02: WBS (5 mCi): clean scan - no thyroid tissue in body!!!

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