Thyroid cancer

Hello and welcome. Is there an increase in thyroid cancer as a percentage of population? Has this happened since Covid? Has there been a study showing thyroid cancer rates in Covid vaccinated populations vs unvaccinated? Are you just pondering a thought?
Or have you recently been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and haven't a clue why? We are patients here, current and former. We deal with what is and what can be done. If we begin to deal with the what ifs, we would need a much bigger web site. That being said, what is really going on? How can we help?

I had a 15 mm nodule and a 9mm taken out in July. Now those I knew about for 10 years and grew slowly. They took out the left side of my thyroid. Them eight months later I have an 8.5 mm nodule that wasn’t there on my May 2024 scan. Scary because this one is fast growing. Getting a biopsy next week.

Sometimes, especially for those over sixty, thyroid cancer can become Anaplastic or ATC. It is rare, roughly 2% of all thyroid cancer cases but it is fast growing and requires the best people to combat it. I am hoping that is not the case for you. I lost one very good friend to ATC.
Sorry, don't mean to put you on edge. Let's get this figured out and treated quick.

Yes going in next week to get it biopsies. Hope they just missed a slow growing on on the backside of my thyroid. We’ll know soon. Wasn’t in two previous scans.

@twintwo2 great question and I wonder too! Here's my story, I apologize for the length, but if what I'm going through resonates with anyone else, and maybe helps, that's all that matters! What I do know is that since having CoVid in winter 2020, the first vaccine in April 2021, the second vaccine in late 2021, I was not feeling good at all. I was in and out of the doctor constantly with a lot of neck, leg and back pain, exhaustion, eye issues, digestive issues, headaches, dizziness, chronic cough, stiffness, etc. After marginal results from my Rheumatologist's recommendations, I went to a functional medicine doctor in late summer 2021 who diagnosed me with Hashimoto's along with several deficiencies. They put me on a no gluten diet, low sugar, and supplements and I kind of started to feel better, but not completely. I was also exercising 3-4 times per week and always felt exhausted during and afterward. My mom suddenly was ill in summer 2022 with Lung cancer that has metastasized to several organs, I was her primary caretaker, so I put my health on the back burner for a while. She passed within 4 months, and I head to the doctor in early 2023 with enhanced symptoms. I finally had a chest Xray for pneumonia and ended up finding the nodule in my thyroid. Ended up getting diverticulitis in April 2023, which landed me in the hospital for 5 days, came out had the FNA, then ended up with CDif, hospitalized again for 4 days in May, FNA showed Hurthle Cell Neoplasm and differentiated papillary cells in middle of May, ended up with CDif again, this time treated at home. Decided to get the TT end of June primarily because of the Hashimoto's and the fact that Hurthle Cell could spread through blood vessels, and I didn't want to go through surgery twice. Got CDif again! Lab results of thyroid showed Hurthle (Oncocytic) Cell Carcinoma. Thank goodness I got it all out. By summer 2024, a hiatal hernia that was small to medium sized, had grown to extremely large (felt like overnight) and I had to get fundoplication surgery and hiatal hernia repair in late August 2024. Now, here I am 22 months since TT and unfortunately, I feel awful. Not sure what is going on but tons of pain, auto immune issues, my arthritis is way worse than it has ever been and is progressing fast, I have a lot of stiffness, sometimes numbness and tingling in my extremities, digestive issues, exhaustion, (difficulty sleeping), low iron, headaches, dizziness, the list goes on. I just went through two rounds of antibiotics for an infection they believe was in my lymph nodes and causing crazy neck pain (not completely gone). I've been in and out of physical therapy, physical med doctor, received prednisone packs, cortisone shot, nothing seems to keep the pain from subsiding. Scans show my arthritis has progressed rapidly in my spine, etc. It has actually stopped me from exercising like I was (which I love and is unlike me -used to be a personal trainer). Seeing the functional medicine doc again this week. I'm sharing this because I don't know if CoVid and or the vaccine have created these things or progressed any disease I may have had pre-CoVid. Scary thought to say the least. But I do know my health issues have gotten way worse since having CoVid and the two vaccines. It also could just be my body and a timely coincidence. My poor husband doesn't know what to do with me. I have a high tolerance for pain and am pretty high energy, so I can push through every day. I work full time and still have two kids at home, one with learning challenges and a very busy schedule. Anyway, I hope this information maybe helps anyone who is also thinking they might be going through anything similar and is looking for a solution. And if you have any info or recommendations that could help, please share!!!! The more we know, the better we can figure out a plan moving forward. Thanks for reading 🙂 Wishing everyone better health and good results from their various treatments.

There have been a lot of discussions about Covid 19 both here and everywhere. It is a unique virus in that it was genetically modified and more or less man-made. The long term side effects in some people, or I should say many people is well documented. My own sister has had bizarre issues ever since having her bout with Covid-19. Autopsies have shown unusual effects of the veins in some cadavers, never seen before.
But this can be a real can of worms to discuss, both political and scientific Pandora’s Boxes. I have my own theory as do most people what Covid-19 is and why it was developed. Yet I find any exercise of my mind in this area is futile because there is nothing I can do about it, so why waste my days in thought on the subject.
I’m sorry you have these health battles to deal with. There is continued research in long term Covid and what can be done to reverse and recover. Hopefully we have some answers and solutions soon.

My slow growing Papillary cancer has been around in my left thyroid for ten years. My fast growing cancer just eight months. I have had Covid and took the jab. Afterwards couldn’t even fight a cold. I felt stiff and lack luster. Very difficult to excercise and extremely tired afterward. As a former long distant runner and swimmer this is frustrating. Trying to just swim three times a week is difficult.

I have been in worse condition overall. Tired, fatigue, stiffness, pain, eye issues, digestive issues, ear, throat, can't sleep, and the mental fog is real, the list goes on. It has been so awful for the last nearly 5 years, with it getting way worse in summer of 2021. I am not happy with my health and feel as if it is challenging for the doctors to figure out all that is going on. I see primary care, physical medicine, rheumatologist, endocrinologist, neurologist, etc. It is quite overwhelming to say the least. Heading to the Functional Medicine doctor this week. Hoping to gain some clarity. Last time I was there was in 2021 when I couldn't find the answers. I am praying for good outcomes for you!

I will be praying for an answer to your conditions. I am still trying to work, however I come home and sleep for two
Hours every day.