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Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Any experiences to share?
Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Oct 30 9:52am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
I was diagnosed with that 30 years ago. The endocrinologist I went to in Chicago said leave the other half of thyroid in and get ultra sounds every year to see if nodules are growing. There's also a blood test they took to see if I had cancer growing each time I went for the ultra sound. Once in a while they would do needle biopsies of the nodules; if they grew some times they would shrink. I haven't been back to get these ultra sounds in about 10 years. I'm ok, but have a had a bad cough the last couple of months due to a cold. It is still lingering though. Coffee can make the nodules grow. Doctors put me on a higher level of levothyroxine to suppress any growth of the nodules.
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hi debbieliv, lilyann here, i was originally told that my cough was due to thyroid issues, back in 2020, long story short. 2023, two operations for thyroid cancer, coughing on the operating table for heavens sake and guess what..........2024......still coughing. so i do hope yours is only from a cold. wishing the best for you. i do have to say though.........levothyroxine........is from my reading...only for the thyroid hormones you need because of removal of the thyroid. i did try to not have the 2nd operation, but the surgeon wouldn't hear of it. i did have the cancer on the left side, it was radical surgery on the right side with the big nodule that had grown from 2020. take care and thanks for the "like". wishing you the best.