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Tonsillectomy & neck lymph node removal at the sometime surgery
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Aug 13 7:59am | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
Hi @planetsunrise & @chebo1954,
In 2008 I was officially Stage IVB T2N3M0 on left tonsil caused by HPV and one of my 3 infected lymph nodes was over 7cm and that is not a typo. I had 35 rounds of radiation which amounted to 70 Gy and 3 rounds of the platinum-based chemo Cisplatin and had no surgery.
A year later was put on Synthroid 125 mcg as my thyroid was completely damaged from my chemo/radiation treatments. So, I have been on it for 16 yrs. and have my level (TSH) tested with my PCP through a blood draw every year with my annual physical and it is no problem.
Hope that helps.
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Helps! roblem, that’s simply Amazing! Wow! If that’s not a message of Hope then I know nothing of hope. Whew, .125mcg of synthroid but that that medicine does basically what your thyroid does for one without a thyroid- Wow! Crap, I hate repeating myself, so sorry. Man I’m on the edge of my seat here. God I hope everyone gets to read this? How miraculous is your journey, your story, your movie and praying for you & a sequel!! Chebo1954
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Nice to hear you are doing well! It seems the amount of synthroid etc that one is prescribed has little bearing on whether you have a portion of thyroid left or none. I have my TSH, T3 and T4 checked yearly. The thyroid dosage varies but by very little. 😊