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Newly diagnosed with thyroid cancer and have 2 main concerns
Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Oct 24, 2023 | Replies (140)Comment receiving replies
Hi @lise01, Have you mentioned the long delay to see endocrinologist to your surgeon? If surgeon is interested with what the endocrinologist thinks about the situation, maybe he can call the endocrinologist and get you in sooner ( the top of the wait list instead of the “ new patient list.”)
As for enlarged lymph node…. It’s consistently enlarged but not big enough to do anything. Dr. said it was fine but Ibthink that’s because it is still under the size where they often biopsy…. We’ll see!
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Agree with @koh - the endocrinologist should be seeing you sooner, and maybe your surgeon can help with that. I am seeing mine next week.
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@koh He knows how long the wait is and back in March said he would talk to his colleagues about getting me in sooner (I made the appointment at the end of January!) -- but nothing so far. I'm going to bug them again.
All the waiting and watching and we'll see's ... I guess this is the new normal for now after diagnosis. Hopefully in time the questions and concerns we all have will get calmed and resolved some and this doesn't have to be in the forefront of our daily lives. My mother has a few friends through cancer fundraising she does who have had various manifestations of thyroid cancer and treatment -- a couple of them 30-40 years ago -- and they take their pill and just live their lives now, so it's important to try not to get discouraged!