26: Diagnosed With Graves’ Disease ⎪Then Thyroid Cancer

A patient’s thyroid cancer story about diagnosis and surgery

In this episode we hear Lorrie describe the following:

  • Papillary thyroid cancer
  • Long delayed pathology results
  • Graves’ disease
  • Balancing Graves’ disease and a thyroid cancer diagnosis
  • Emotional roller coaster of feeling optimistic and other days of sadness.
  • The feelings and emotions of related to a cancer diagnosis
  • Being careful about the information shared on the Internet and potential negativity
  • Support network and family
  • Nodule size was 1.1 cm, but with history of Graves’ disease, she decided to forego active surveillance
  • The day of surgery and overnight in hospital
  • The radioactive iodine decision
  • Lymph node removal
  • Traveling 4 hours to surgery center
  • T4 dosage
  • Change in life perspective
  • Slowing down while making decisions post-diagnosis
  • Acupuncture
  • Multiple opinions pre-surgery

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  1. Peter Maxwell

    Acupuncture, I feel, can be an option for healing, therapy, or pain management. As a cancer survivor, I’d want to spread the word about the value and efficacy of acupuncture and other alternative medicines. After enduring chemotherapy for throat cancer, I was severely paralyzed and in excruciating pain. I needed to find new strategies to deal with the pain and recover properly via rest. I looked into https://revivorship.com/services/acupuncture-treatment/ after a buddy mentioned it. Because to the alleviation provided by acupuncture sessions, I’m now as healthy as an ox.

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