I'm still learning what everything means. Don't know what a
parathyroid problem is. But from my understanding from my doc, if
you had any kind of hyperthyroidism going on, that could be the
cause for why it spread. That's the concern they have in my case,
and what has me(and them)worried. I have several nodules, the
largest of which is what they did the biopsy off of and had the
papillary cancer. It is 1.6 cm x 1.1 cm x 1.6 cm. I have a cyst that
is just a little bit smaller than it. From what I've read, cysts
usually aren't cancerous, though. Obviously, that means little in
this case, since everything I read up on said everything wrong with
me is usually not cancer, yet here I am.
I meet with the surgeon on the 12th to go over and schedule the
surgery. If my hyperthyroidism is under control, they should be
going through with it around the end of the month. Until then all I
can do is wait. I won't have any answers til after the surgery. I
think the waiting is the hardest part


--- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, "debbie03457"
<debbieford1@...> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>