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@lilyann

i have not read anything about thyroids growing back. i guess that is why you have to dig really deep and really to people on these forums. thank to all who post. so much more believable than what is written, they make it sound one two three, so now, its really not that simple. the other question is, if they open you up and the air hits the cancer and spreads more? so many questions and not enough answers. thanks everyone. yes, i do sound crazy, just got the results however, not surprised as to what i have read and it all falls in line. lilyann

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Sorry, regrowth thyroid patients post thyroidectomy. It was ultrasound, not CT scan, that revealed regrowth of so-far normal thyroid tissue after total thyroidectomy. The original diagnosis of papillary carcinoma of thyroid came in late July of 1972, when a surgical resident felt abnormal lymph nodes below the original tumor site that had been diagnosed " benign tumor of the salivary glands". The 2nd biopsy was diagnosed papillary carcinoma of the thyroid which at that time required a total thyroidectomy.