- Re: cancer recurrence--yearly testing

[Guest guest]

Hi, -

Welcome to the group.

Before I answer your other questions, may I ask if your husband had RAI

treatment after his surgery? Also, how old is your husband, and do you know

the precise diagnosis - type of thyroid cancer, size of

tumor(s)? Knowing this will help give an opinion on some alternatives to

withdrawing from replacement hormone for an RAI scan.

NYC

TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; clean scan 3/02;

current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine

(for help in deciphering this, and for other frequently used abbreviations, see

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/21248 )

putre2 wrote:

> Hi, I'm new to the Thyca support group. My husband had a thyroid

> tumor last year; when they did the surgery to remove the tumor, they

> foudn cancer and had to remove his entire thyroid. He's been on

> synthroid for a year. Now it's time for his yearly testing to make

> sure the cancer hasn't recurred. The doctor said he has to stay off

> the synthroid for a month before the test. Since he no longer has a

> thyroid, this is very hard on him. I wonder ,is there any

> alternative out there, where he could be tested but wouldn't have to

> stay off the medication for a whole month? I can't see going through

> this every year.

>

> Any suggestions out there?

>

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