Update to my thyroid ca story: I had twin babies (boy/girl) and right after they were born, I had two small cancer positive lymph nodes pop up. they were ablated and the procedure was successful. Fast forward 2 years-I had not been scanned during the shutdown/pandemic. Last year I learned I had 10 cancerous lymph nodes in my neck that had spanned beyond the thyroid bed. My cancer is now considered metastatic, meaning it is more favorable to spread to other organs.
I had all of the lymph nodes removed and had a swift recovery thanks to Dr. Di and his team! be vigilant- get your scans every year even if they are clean year after year!
I have been informed, if the lymph nodes are small enough, they will ablate them however mine happened to be mixed sized and since Mayo Clinic did not perform my initial surgery, they thought it may be best to go in and remove all of them and to also look at the site with their expert eyes.
We will keep going, get our scans and support one another 🙂