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David147
on 6/10/15 3:58 am
Topic: RE: Thyroid Cancer

 I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer 5 years ago. First I'll answer your questions. 

1-Best resource for thyroid cancer is www.thyca.org. 

2-There aren't too many options. Once diagnosed with thyroid cancer, you must have surgery to completely remove your thyroid gland. This is called a total thyroidectomy. Afterwards, you will have to take a pill everyday for the rest of your life. After surgery, most people will have RAI. That stands for radioactive iodine. Thyroid glands suck up iodiine. So the radioactive iodine goes in and "kills" any remaining thyroid tissue or cancer tissue. It's taken in the form of a pill. The radioactive isotope is called I-131. Some doctors will say that surgery is enough. But the RAI really is what goes in as the "cleanup crew" to kill any remaining cancer. 

3-Thyroid cancer is a very slow spreading cancer (usually). If it spreads, it's usually to the lymph nodes nearby. Some very rare thyroid cancers can spread to the lungs or brain but usually it's slow. 

Most thyroid cancers are very treatable and some would even say it's curable. First step for you will be an ultrasound of your thyroid. Next would be a biopsy which is called a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA). A needle is inserted through your neck, into your thyroid, and cells are removed. Sounds painful but it's not. Takes less than a minute and feels like a pinch. If the results come back as cancer, you'll have the surgery and about 2 months after surgery you'll have the RAI. 

David147
on 6/10/15 3:49 am
Topic: RE: WLS after cancer diagnosis?

I think there is several reason of the sickness or the fever but the water is more important of them. The normal water is also danger for our health because there are number of harmful bacteria which is the reason of the fever. The filter water is very important to avoid the bacteria in it.

David147
on 6/10/15 3:41 am
Topic: RE: Cancer after gastric bypass

There is no connection. Gastric bypass is associated with an increased risk of stomach cancer. 
BTW brain tumors are not staged.

David147
on 6/10/15 3:36 am
Topic: RE: atypical breast cancer and chemotherpy and gastrobipass surgury

Surgery is usually the first line of treatment for breast cancer. 

From your description it sounds like it has now progressed to stage 4 breast cacner. 

It is likely that refusing the surgery when it was offered has led to the progression. 

From what you have described the prognosis her Dr's have given sounds reasonable. 

There is probably little she can do to increase her life expectancy other than following Dr's recommendations. She may choose to refuse treatment and accept the lower life expectancy to avoid treatment side effects. This is her choice to make, just as refusing earlier treatment was her choice.

David147
on 6/10/15 3:28 am
Topic: RE: Thyroid Cancer survivor - which WLS would be best??

A friend of mine had this also. Her hair thinned a great deal and after a couple years, just now looking and feeling normal. She takes the pills also to do what the thyroid is supposed to do and it took some adjusting for it to get right in her system. If the pills aren't making you feel normal, get back with your doc so he can adjust the dosage.

David147
on 6/10/15 3:23 am
Topic: RE: alternate forms to get Vitamin B12?

Vitamin B12 is needed for normal nerve cell activity, DNA replication, and production of the mood-affecting substance called S-adenosyl-L-methionine. 

Vitamin B12 works with frolic acid to control homocysteine levels. An excess of **** cysteine, which is an amino acid (protein building block), may increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and perhaps osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s disease.

David147
on 6/10/15 3:12 am
Topic: RE: Young Breast Cancer survivior

I know a woman who was diagnosed with severe breast cancer. I'm not sure what stage... but she went through chemo and radiation. She was so positive though. She beat it after a couple eyars of fighting. It hasn't come back, thank goodness.

David147
on 6/10/15 3:09 am
Topic: RE: Renal cell Carcinma

RCC is a sneaky scary cancer. I had a 15cm mass removed via laparscopic surgery, and I had no overt symptoms; the diagnosis was made incidentally after other tests for other medical conditions came back normal. In roughly 30% of all RCC cases the cancer is discovered after it has already spread/metestasized - and that's a tough place to be. RCC, however, is vulnerable to spontaneous remissions - but such remissions are rare. In my own case the cancer is a stage 3a, grade 4 that was confined to the kidney and had not spread - but I know it's a high grade cancer that often recurs. Currently I'm still cancer free and not taking any meds. but it's scary and it definitely intensifies one's life...and statistics are not on my side. To a certain extent I have to ignore the stats. 

David147
on 6/10/15 2:04 am
Topic: RE: Questions about lung cancer surgery!

It depends on the size or the stage of the cancer. There is a minimally invasive technique called Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy. Lobectomies are best used to treat patients with stage I lung cancer tumors 5 cm or less. In this case the ribs are not affected. The surgeon decides where the incision is done, the patient does not have to draw any line. 
Patients who have large tumors (greater than five centimeters), visible tumors inside the main airway of the lung have to use more classic surgery.

David147
on 6/10/15 1:59 am
Topic: RE: Thyroid Cancer

I was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer 5 years ago. First I'll answer your questions. 

1-Best resource for thyroid cancer is www.thyca.org. 

2-There aren't too many options. Once diagnosed with thyroid cancer, you must have surgery to completely remove your thyroid gland. This is called a total thyroidectomy. Afterwards, you will have to take a pill everyday for the rest of your life. After surgery, most people will have RAI. That stands for radioactive iodine. Thyroid glands suck up iodiine. So the radioactive iodine goes in and "kills" any remaining thyroid tissue or cancer tissue. It's taken in the form of a pill. The radioactive isotope is called I-131. Some doctors will say that surgery is enough. But the RAI really is what goes in as the "cleanup crew" to kill any remaining cancer. 

3-Thyroid cancer is a very slow spreading cancer (usually). If it spreads, it's usually to the lymph nodes nearby. Some very rare thyroid cancers can spread to the lungs or brain but usually it's slow. 

Most thyroid cancers are very treatable and some would even say it's curable. First step for you will be an ultrasound of your thyroid. Next would be a biopsy which is called a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA). A needle is inserted through your neck, into your thyroid, and cells are removed. Sounds painful but it's not. Takes less than a minute and feels like a pinch. If the results come back as cancer, you'll have the surgery and about 2 months after surgery you'll have the RAI. 

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