Hi Beth,

I had a parathyroid problem, and my cancer was found in the ONE lymph
node they removed with the parathyroid tumor.

I had a 2mm papiliary cancer tumor in my thyroid that metastasised
immediately. I had 20 lymph nodes removed when they removed my thyroid
and 5 or 6 had cancer in them.

So I was treated rather aggressively, because in my case, for some
unusual reason, it spread pretty quickly.

As it is, I am fine now, and enjoying my son very much. Thank
goodness :)

Everyone is different and even though we are tagged with the same
condition, we are at different stages and require different treatments.

The one thing we can be certain of is once our thyroid is removed
whatever condition we had before no longer exists. And as far as most
doctor's go, once the cancer has been eradicated we are simply people
without a thyroid. And this can be treated quite simply with synthroid
medication or a genetic equivelant, and regular blood tests to maintain
us at our correct levels.

From what I have learned from people on this site, is that we all
suffer from other symptoms, dry skin, brittle nails and hair, bad
tempers, difficulty breathing, difficulty sleeping. And from what I
have learned, all these conditions are dismissed by our doctors as "not
related to our thyroid".

I just hope that you find a good doctor you can trust and who will
belive you when you say "I just don't feel 'right'..." as mine did a
few weeks after I had already undergone loads of check ups. He
reassured me that nothing could possibly be wrong with my thyroid
levels, but would do the tests again just to prove me wrong and him
right. He contacted me the day after my blood was drawn and told me to
stop taking my thyroid meds for 3 days, my levels were totally out of
whack!

I'm saying all this to stress that you know your body best. Listen to
it, and make your doctor's listen to you. And you will be fine :)

I wish you well in your research.

Take care

Debbie



--- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, "Beth" <eholliday77@...> wrote:
>
> My name is Beth, I'm 29 and I live in Arizona. I was recently
> diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and after having a fine needle
> aspiration, the biopsy came back showing that I have papillary
> carcinoma as well. From what I've been told by my doctor, it's a rare
> condition to have hyperthyroidism with thyroid cancer and that it can
> cause the cancer to be more aggressive. I can't find a whole lot of
> information on the internet regarding both conditions together, and
> was hoping maybe someone out there has experienced the same thing.
Any
> information would be helpful, because to be quite up front it's
pretty
> scary to hear cancer and aggressive in the same sentence and be
> uninformed...
> Thanks,
> Beth
>