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Daughter, 45 anaplastic thyroid cancer. Had surgery, chemo, radiation.
Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Apr 26 6:54pm | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
Welcome, @jeanne4igfh.
Side effects from chemo and radiation for thyroid cancer can be different for everyone. It will also depend on the chemo regimen your mom gets and what type of radiation. @tjmb @swenson @tobyscott @jpuntasecca may be able to share their experiences and tips of how to prepare and things they wished they had known before starting treatment.
Jeanne, does your mom have a symptom management nurse? What type of chemo and radiation will she be getting? How often?
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Hi Colleen. Thank you for the reply. She doesn’t have a symptom nurse. I didn’t know about that. The doctor didn’t tell us yet what type of chemo and radiation she’ll be getting. They’re waiting for us to make the decision. They suggested not to wait too long. They told us radiation is 5 days a week, 30 minutes each day for 7 weeks. Chemo is once a week for 7 weeks also.