How to Survive Thyroid Cancer (Real Examples)27 Sep
Two examples below
Ruth Presswood felt a lump on her neck, went to her doctor and all her tests were fine. But her doctor sent her for further investigations which ultimately showed that she had thyroid cancer – she was only 19 years old. She had an operation which removed the tumor, thyroid and a few lymph nodes and a neck dissection to check if it had spread.
She had to have radioactive iodine treatment and apart from the scar on her neck, is now cancer free. But she did lose some feeling in her neck area as some nerves had to be cut during the course of the surgery. She was diagnosed in 1999, got married in 2005 and now has a two year old son.
Renee was diagnosed with thyroid cancer when she was 23. She was pregnant at that time and did not want to terminate her pregnancy so she had to wait for 20 weeks to have surgery. She had a total thyroidectomy and bilateral neck dissection.
She is a cancer survivor of five recurrences and her daughter is now six years old. She teaches everybody that knows her about her motto: “Just keep swimming!”
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