![]() It was fairly evident that the cancer was advanced stage IV. Unfortunately, a PET scan in April confirmed that the increasing pain in my ribs and back was due to metastasis in my bones. ![]() My recovery from surgery was slow, but although fatigued and having lost one of my vocal cords, I felt well even during a fairly intensive radiotherapy course. I had an 8-hour operation to remove my thyroid and a large number of lymph nodes. Further biopsies in January confirmed the wisdom of my surgeon. I spent an anxious Christmas with a family who didn't know this drama was going on. Fortunately, she was not satisfied and referred me to a head and neck surgeon, who immediately recognised and suspected medullary thyroid cancer. My doctor sent me for an ultrasound and biopsy, which returned indeterminate results. So, the sudden discovery of a lump in my neck alerted but didn't alarm me. In late 2016, as a healthy 67 year old male I had absolutely no symptoms. ![]() News from Th圜a: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
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