- Re: DON'T READ IF YOU'RE HAPPY--newly diagnosed...need help

[Guest guest]

Hi, -

It rarely helps to tell anyone who's feeling lousy that it really, really does

get better. Or at least, it rarely helps me when I'm feeling sorry for myself.

I think we often have the expectation (encouraged by well intended doctors and

friends) that we'll be feeling great in no time, and rarely is that literally

the case.

However, I can almost guarantee you that by the end of the year, you will be

feeling SO much better. It will probably be much sooner than that, but there

WILL be a time when your scar will be invisible to all except your own

discerning eyes, you'll be able to snap your neck around without worrying that

your head might come loose, and you'll have pretty much the same energy as you

had before, maybe even more. I suspect that because you didn't have any RAI

treatments, you're minimizing the cancer in your own mind, and not giving

yourself credit for what you have been through.

BTW - is your TSH where your endo wants it to be? As you know, general TSH

suppression for thyca is less than .10, but in any case, if you continue to feel

so poorly, you may want to discuss increasing your Levoxyl dosage a bit. It's

possible that a very small change might make a huge difference.

In the meantime, feel free to vent here when you feel like it.

(not Pollyanna)

NYC

" W. " wrote:

> Wow---I sure must say how lucky you sound! Now, with me here, I think to

myself, " How come it wasn't that easy for me? " I spent 2 horrible days in the

hospital and am still feeling the effects of it. I know that we are all

different and our mileage varies, but why am I so down right now? I just want

it to all go away, and I want to FEEL BETTER. My neck sometimes still bothers

me and yet who am I to complain? My tumor was 0.7 cm and I didn't have to

endure even A PART of what others in here have had to. (the RAI, LID,

etc).Sometimes I wonder WHY and HOW I had the surgery. It doesn't seem real.

I'm tired of hurting and feeling like crap. I'm sorry for dumping here. I

guess I need to get out of the pity pot and be HAPPY for those who have success

stories to share. Please delete this right away so you don't have to be brought

down by me and my bad attitude.

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> 31 year old single female

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> TT 1/30/03 with Hashi's

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> 0.7 cm papillary thy ca

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> 150 mcg. levoxyl w/TSH @ 0.54

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