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Tall cell papillary thyroid cancer: What treatments did you have?
Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Mar 14 11:59am | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
hi everyone, i have papillary carcinoma, never hear of aggressive papillary, all i have heard is that the papillary is slow growing so it is awful to hear that yours is aggressive. i am meeting with another surgeon tomorrow that is a specialist in doing the thyroid's. so i will keep you all updated. i will be honest however, just the thought of surgery is not appealing. my heart goes out to each and everyone of you that has endured so far. i am very nervous and hope i am not offending anyone. thanks for listening. god bless one and all.
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It sounds like you are getting several opinions and that’s great.
My wife just had surgery and she did great. She asked anesthesiologist for some anti nausea and it helped her afterwards in recovery.
She says the surgery was the easiest part so far, considering the shock and adjustment of original cancer diagnosis and all the effects that that has on your life.
All the best to you.
lilyann here. especially sweettoothd. when i wrote to you that i had never heard of aggressive papillary, well, that's exactly what i have along with the tall cell. i did have the radioactive iodine, the high dose. still have the cancer and no, i would not do that over with. actually i was given 6-10 months. so that's that. so did not know any of this, but, i was so naive that i was just going to get the large nodule out. the surgeon said he would have to do 2 surgeries to try and get my voice back. well, i am squeezeing out some sound but its not easy. so bottom line. i wish all of you wellness and happiness and so glad that all of you on mayo are so helpful with your answers. god bless all of you
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My papillary cancer is called tall cell papillary- it is not common so I'm sure yours is just the regular papillary cancer , which has a very good prognosis!!
I actually had 2 surgeries (2 weeks apart), believe me I was petrified the first time, but honestly the anesthesia (Im very sensitive to meds) was the worst part for me the first day. They changed what they gave me the second surgery and it was much better. The pain of the surgery really wasn t bad at all- very able to tolerate with tylenol from the beginning...... you will be fine and get through this....... I wish you good luck.....