YoungBoy - Re: Thyca and men - Waiting for my first scan in May 6 months after surgery

March 23, 2003

Hi, Young Boy -

> hTSH = 0.04 microIU/ml

>

> T4 total = 9.68 microG/ml

> Do they look alright? I have little knowledge of Tg or TSH. I know

> that I should take more than enough replacement Thyroid hormone

> (hyper) to suppress any remaining tumor from growing, but I am not

> clear what level of hyper is sufficient? and how and what Tg and

> TSH indicate?

Your TSH looks good - usually, they keep us suppressed to <0.1. Total

T4 should be near or just above the upper " normal " limit for your lab.

You don't mention your TG levels, but TG is a cancer marker - it

should be undetectable (if you have Thyroglobulin antibodies, the TG

results are not reliable)

> Yes I was on LID for 4 weeks for RAI but my doctor (an oncologist)

> didn't asked me to go on LID for the upcoming scan (atleast not

> yet!!).

Hopefully, you'll do it whether he asks you to or not :-), but you

only need to be on it for 2 weeks - 4 is really overkill.

> I've noticed that everyone is being treated by endo but I am seeing

> an oncologist???? Do you know if I should change my doctor to an

> endo?

It's something to consider. In the US, at least, usually it is

endocrinologists who deal with thyca. I don't know if that's true in

Hong Kong, though. Does your oncologist seem to know the correct

protocols?

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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