My Story

When I heard I had Thyroid Cancer I was so shocked. For a year I was tested by blood test for thyroid problems (mainly hypothyroid) but nothing came up. The doctor never felt my neck. Early August of 2009 I was in the ER for unrelated issues and the tech ran a wrong test and found a tumor on my thyroid. A few weeks later a ultrasound showed that my thyroid had 6 tumors. The were rather large. I was having problems swollening etc. After making my appointment for surgery my bronchial tubes decided to collapse on the table. I was on life support. This happen with the next scheduled surgery as well. Needless to say Thyroid Cancer and the process had me nervous. After the total thyroid ectomy I found out with the 2nd biopsy that I had stage 3 Papillary Carcinoma that spread to the liver and lungs. After there was a waiting period that was pure torture. Wow and nothing was wrong? I went through RAI (radio active iodine treatment) and 5 weeks later was cancer free.