Type of Cancer:
Thyroid Cancer

Diagnosis Date:
March 24, 2008

Lymph Node Involvement:
Yes

Surgery:
Lymph Node Removal, Lobectomy

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
uncertainty

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
it sucks and you may think its gone but it isn't

Thyroid Cancer symptoms:
I was going back and forth for about 3 years before i was diagnoised. my dr found nodules on my throat but i felt fine. After having a ton of tests they finally determined i had cancer

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:
March 28th half thyroid was removed along with lymphnodes and on April 4th the other half was removed with more lympnodes

Radiation or Proton Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
6 weeks after surgery i had first dose of radio iodine and a year later i had another dose. I am 3 months out of my 2nd dose and I am experiencing swollen glands every once in a while. sometimes when i chew my saliva glands will get inflamed and it will be too painful to eat. Who knows is this is thyroid cancer and treatment related though