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Newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer and have 2 main concerns

Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Oct 24, 2023 | Replies (140)
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@cocha

Good to know about your easy recovery @hopeful23 ! Hope you keep getting better steadily.

Wow, the lobectomy charge is indeed insane!

I am waiting for my surgery which is coming up in a couple weeks. I am pretty stressed though because I am getting the sense from my surgeon that my case is not very straightforward. 🙁

@koh Thanks for the RFA longitudinal studies clarification.
Hmm, I didn't know cancer could spread that way ("as the needle is withdrawn"). By that token, a biopsy could also help a cancer to spread?

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koh | @koh | Jun 4, 2023

Hi Cocha,
I wondered about that too but maybe the fine needle and the short amount of time the needle is in the thyroid reduces the risk. After the evaluation for RFA I started having symptoms consistent with parathyroid issues and I asked my doctors if something could have changed due to the FNA. When I had surgeryI was told that one parathyroid gland looked very bad and was removed but did not end up having cancer. I still think it might have gotten nicked or damaged during FNA because I never had any symptoms until that point ( other than a big nodule on my neck😆)
Good luck!

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