new member - saying hi

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Hi all,

I'm a new member here, though i've posted to another thyca board a

couple times in the past...

My name is Shari, i'm 35, and i was diagnosed with papillary thyroid

cancer a year and a half ago, in 6/01 - the diagnossi was made after

a total thyroidectomy. I had my first RAI treatment in 08/01 - a

small dose - i'm not sure but i think about 30? I didn't require any

isolation or monitoring, they sent me straight home afterwards.

anyway, what brings me here today is i had my first followup total

body scan last month and it showed a remnant in my neck, so now i'm

off the levoxyl, on the cytomel, getting ready for a second RAI in 6

weeks, this time in the hospital. I'm mostly troubled by a couple

issues: first of all, i've been trying to conceive for many years,

and our first success at conception ended in a miscarriage

unfortunately, but we were never able to start trying again because

after waiting the requisite few months, that's when my cancer was

diagnosed. so after the RAI, i was told about the 6 months to a year

wait, i waited a year to be certain, plus started trying to lose

weight, and just wne i was starting to be successful, here comes the

next roadblock. of coures making sure the cancer doesn't come back

is first priority, but it's depressing to know that now i'll be at

least 36-1/2 before being allowed to try again.

but my most pressing concerns now are dreading going into hypo hell

again, which i have experienced before and thought i could never

handle again, coupled with the isolation period, which i haven't had

to go through before. for some reason, this part is really worrying

me and keeping me up every night - my most prominent hypo symptom is

profound depression, and the thought of being locked away for days

makes me question whether my sanity will hold together.

anyway, thanks for letting me vent - it's hard finding others who can

sympathize!

-Shari T. - sflipper_bte@...