Five years free of thyroid cancer. We’d noticed a large lump in my throat, but all my hormone tests came back normal. We had it biopsied (that is really not fun) and they found nothing. But it was bothering me; I could feel it when I swallowed and it was grossing me out. So after two cardiologists (I also have a congenital heart defect) approved me for “elective” surgery, I had it removed.
And it was totally cancer. A 10cm tumor. I had to go back in for a second surgery to have all of my thyroid taken out. And the other lobe was totally clean. The tumor was totally discrete and hadn’t spread at all. I was very lucky.
I also had the radiation therapy after, where you swallow a pill they bring you in a lead bottle and you’re radioactive for a week. I lost my sense of taste for almost a month - that was weird.
