Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm

I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was

and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared

or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that

knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

Jane

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I
had to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a
second opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was
just as I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So
I will be receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to
combat the cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow
the process of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance
to do what it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going
hypo to do this. She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the
TSH to rise high enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO
yay!!!! I believe I will be able to have all this done here locally, so I
won't need to take time off to get the shots, but will need to take time
off after I swallow the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides
of my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good,
the left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph
nodes. She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid
cancer come in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA
(Fine Needle Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of
each Lymph node to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to
go to a lab in California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have
Thyroid Cancer I have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck
dissection after I recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First
Item. I will get the results from the slides on Friday, the little vile
they sent to California? She won't be sending that unless the slides come
back negative. Her comment on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you
what I think it is until the results back to confirm it on Friday."
Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm
good, I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was
something and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only
reason my x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and
it scared her or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me
and all that I knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew
more then me for a change :o)

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I
had to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a
second opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was
just as I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So
I will be receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to
combat the cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow
the process of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance
to do what it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going
hypo to do this. She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the
TSH to rise high enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO
yay!!!! I believe I will be able to have all this done here locally, so I
won't need to take time off to get the shots, but will need to take time
off after I swallow the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides
of my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good,
the left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph
nodes. She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid
cancer come in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA
(Fine Needle Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of
each Lymph node to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to
go to a lab in California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have
Thyroid Cancer I have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck
dissection after I recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First
Item. I will get the results from the slides on Friday, the little vile
they sent to California? She won't be sending that unless the slides come
back negative. Her comment on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you
what I think it is until the results back to confirm it on Friday."
Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm
good, I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was
something and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only
reason my x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and
it scared her or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me
and all that I knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew
more then me for a change :o)

Jane

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was just as
I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So I will be
receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to combat the
cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow the process
of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance to do what
it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going hypo to do this.
She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the TSH to rise high
enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO yay!!!! I believe I
will be able to have all this done here locally, so I won't need to take
time off to get the shots, but will need to take time off after I swallow
the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides of
my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good, the
left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph nodes.
She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid cancer come
in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA (Fine Needle
Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of each Lymph node
to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to go to a lab in
California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have Thyroid Cancer I
have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck dissection after I
recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First Item. I will get the
results from the slides on Friday, the little vile they sent to California?
She won't be sending that unless the slides come back negative. Her comment
on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you what I think it is until the
results back to confirm it on Friday." Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm good,
I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something
and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared her
or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that I
knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit
stressed, but I'm good, I'm relived actually. I knew I
wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something and it's a big
relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her
and it scared her or intimidated her actually. She was
really receptive to me and all that I knew about this and
it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm good,
I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something
and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared her
or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that I
knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was just as
I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So I will be
receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to combat the
cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow the process
of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance to do what
it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going hypo to do this.
She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the TSH to rise high
enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO yay!!!! I believe I
will be able to have all this done here locally, so I won't need to take
time off to get the shots, but will need to take time off after I swallow
the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides of
my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good, the
left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph nodes.
She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid cancer come
in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA (Fine Needle
Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of each Lymph node
to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to go to a lab in
California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have Thyroid Cancer I
have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck dissection after I
recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First Item. I will get the
results from the slides on Friday, the little vile they sent to California?
She won't be sending that unless the slides come back negative. Her comment
on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you what I think it is until the
results back to confirm it on Friday." Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm good,
I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something
and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared her
or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that I
knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer.

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was just as
I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So I will be
receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to combat the
cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow the process
of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance to do what
it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going hypo to do this.
She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the TSH to rise high
enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO yay!!!! I believe I
will be able to have all this done here locally, so I won't need to take
time off to get the shots, but will need to take time off after I swallow
the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides of
my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good, the
left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph nodes.
She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid cancer come
in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA (Fine Needle
Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of each Lymph node
to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to go to a lab in
California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have Thyroid Cancer I
have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck dissection after I
recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First Item. I will get the
results from the slides on Friday, the little vile they sent to California?
She won't be sending that unless the slides come back negative. Her comment
on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you what I think it is until the
results back to confirm it on Friday." Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm good,
I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something
and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared her
or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that I
knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

Jane

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was just as
I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So I will be
receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to combat the
cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow the process
of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance to do what
it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going hypo to do this.
She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the TSH to rise high
enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO yay!!!! I believe I
will be able to have all this done here locally, so I won't need to take
time off to get the shots, but will need to take time off after I swallow
the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides of
my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good, the
left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph nodes.
She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid cancer come
in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA (Fine Needle
Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of each Lymph node
to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to go to a lab in
California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have Thyroid Cancer I
have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck dissection after I
recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First Item. I will get the
results from the slides on Friday, the little vile they sent to California?
She won't be sending that unless the slides come back negative. Her comment
on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you what I think it is until the
results back to confirm it on Friday." Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm good,
I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something
and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared her
or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that I
knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

Jane

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was just as
I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So I will be

Well first of I'm ok mentally...

I went to the Shands Hospital Medical/Cancer Center today to see a Thyroid
Cancer Specialist, she is wonderful, smart and most current on today's
technology. I am very please with the center and my new Endocrinologist.

I have two things I wanted to let everyone know about.

First item, the diagnosis was as I suspected but couldn't get the Endo I had
to do anything about it. So my reason to find another Endo and get a second
opinion. I do in fact have a recurrence of Thyroid Cancer. It was just as
I suspected before with my blood test contradicting my scans. So I will be
receiving a rather large dose of Radio Active Iodine (RAI) to combat the
cancer. She will also be administering a Lithium drug to slow the process
of shedding the RAI too fast, thus giving it a longer chance to do what
it's suppose to do destroy the cancer. I will not be going hypo to do this.
She will be using a drug called Thyrogen which causes the TSH to rise high
enough without withdrawal from my meds, so NO MORE HYPO yay!!!! I believe I
will be able to have all this done here locally, so I won't need to take
time off to get the shots, but will need to take time off after I swallow
the RAI pill.

Second item, the Doc conducted another Ultra Sound of my neck, after
reviewing the films from the Ultra Sound my other Endo ordered, she found
them to be lacking... My old Endo didn't order Ultra Sounds of the sides of
my neck just the Thyroid Bed. The right side of my neck looked good, the
left side, the doc discovered two enlarged suspicious looking lymph nodes.
She had another Endocrinologist who is a specialist in Thyroid cancer come
in to take a look as well and she concurs. So they did a FNA (Fine Needle
Aspiration) in six locations and withdrew some fluid out of each Lymph node
to look at on slides. The extra fluid went into a tube to go to a lab in
California. What does this mean? If the lymph nodes have Thyroid Cancer I
have to have more surgery. It's actually called a neck dissection after I
recover a bit from that, I'll have to do the First Item. I will get the
results from the slides on Friday, the little vile they sent to California?
She won't be sending that unless the slides come back negative. Her comment
on the Lymph Nodes? "I'm not going to tell you what I think it is until the
results back to confirm it on Friday." Sounds a bit bleak to me.

I just want every one to know, emotionally I'm a bit stressed, but I'm good,
I'm relived actually. I knew I wasn't crazy, and I knew there was something
and it's a big relief to have a specialist tell me that the only reason my
x-Endo wasn't cooperative was because I knew more then her and it scared her
or intimidated her actually. She was really receptive to me and all that I
knew about this and it was great to have a Doc who knew more then me for a
change :o)

Jane