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RAI Treatment
I just had my thyroid removed due to a large cancerous tumor. I am fairly sure that my physicians will strongly recommend RAI for at...
RAI after total thyroidectomy, and postpartum
Hi everyone. I’m recently postpartum and while pregnant I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. I underwent a total thyroidectomy with right neck dissection a...
Effects of radioactive iodine (RAI) Treatment
Hey guysThis is a desperate attempt in the hope someone else has been through this.I had 2 rounds of RAI - first in May 2021...
Anyone have multiple rounds of radioactive iodine (RAI)?
I had a left neck dissection 3/2023, then thyroidectomy and partial central dissection 4/2023. 11/40 positive lymph nodes w/ positive margins so I had 150mci...
Anyone have radiation iodine (RAI) Therapy after Thyroid Lobectomy?
Has anyone received RAI Therapy after only having a thyroid LOBECTOMY?From my research it's not as affective when you have a remaining lobe left. The...
Tall Cell Subtype, maybe RAI avid, TG levels are extremely high
Hi! My mother (58 years old) had a total thyroidectomy in January 2023. We didn't know it was cancer before the surgery, and we only...
Radioactive iodine ablation
Good day I am due for a 2nd round of RAI treatment. I've read that radiation may cause secondary cancer. What are the chances that...
Radioactive iodine or not
Hi all, I'm feeling lost and overwhelmed. I found out in April I have thyroid cancer. Then in May I had a TT and neck...
8 months Post Thyroidectomy/Neck Dissection new biopsy
Hi All, I'm new here. I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in Oct 2024. They removed the nodule, did a complete thyroidectomy and a neck...
Is Radioactive Iodine treatment used for all types of Thyroid Cancer?
Quick question..I haven’t received a solidified diagnosis yet as to which kind of thyroid cancer I have yet but does everyone go through radioactive iodine...
Papillary thyroid cancer: Overwhelmed by treatment options?
Papillary thyroid cancer that has spread to my lymph nodes. Had a partial thyroidectomy in Sept and waiting to get more tests to determine extent...
Aggressive Papillary Thyroid Cancer
After my thyroidectomy for papillary cancer, the diagnosis turned out to be PT3A, which means the tumor is larger that 4 cm with no growth...
Poorly differentiated thyroid cancer with BRAF and TERT mutations.
My mother was diagnosed with Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma in November 2024. She got a total thyroidectomy that was complicated by an esophageal perforation and...
Are Endocrinologist the best MDs to treat Thyroid Carcinoma patients
It is frustrating to me that there are not designated thyroid oncologist! In my city, endocrinologist take many months to initially get an appointment with....
Thyroid cancer diagnosis with a BRAF description
I had a thyroidectomy because of papillary cancer. In its description of the removed thyroid the pathology report noted a group of nodules as "BRAF...
When to get second opinion-recurrence possible?
Hi, I'm new here. I had papillary carcinoma in the 90s with a lobectomy. Fifteen years later I had total thyroidectomy for pap/follicular variant, followed...
Follicular thyroid cancer found: Searching for advice from others
I am new to this site and searching for advice. In April 2020, I received a total removal of thyroid. The rest of 2020, was...
Possible third neck dissection: Very scared
had my original TT and neck dissection in July 2017. Then a second central compartment dissection in March 2021. I had a PET scan last...
TSH above normal, T4 high end of normal, why?
Had papillary carcinoma/follicular variant at age 25. Partial gland removal, then RAI ablation. I'm now 60. Levothyroxine dosage has been adjusted a few times but...
4 years post op thyroidectomy what does your endo want to keep TSH at?
I am 4 years post op for papillary cancer. Also had several lymph nodes removed. This came one week after 2 parathyroids removed because of...