Have you ever left the operating room with more diagnosis than you thought.?

GregP_WN
GregP_WN Member Posts: 742
edited February 2020 in General Cancer
Looks like I also had thyroid cancer. Either metastatic from tonsil or from this latest. Pathology will have answers this week.

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  • Bug
    Bug Member Posts: 394
    edited February 2020
    So sorry to hear this, Greg. That's enough now, you hear?
  • valeriet
    valeriet Member Posts: 12
    edited February 2020
    Geesh, Greg what else??!!! Maybe, when you think about it, it's a good thing because if they had not found it, you would be in worse trouble down the line.
  • Dawsonsmom
    Dawsonsmom Member Posts: 99
    edited February 2020
    Dang, Greg! It’s time for you to catch a break!! I’m so sorry. Keeping you in my thoughts.
  • Teachertina
    Teachertina Member Posts: 205
    edited February 2020
    Hopefully that’s taken care of too! It was caught before you even knew it was there! Let us know for sure if you find out anything else. I hope you don’t have to do any more treatments any time soon. Hang in there!
  • PaulineJ
    PaulineJ Member Posts: 205
    edited February 2020
    All I could think about is"You poor thing".
  • JaneA
    JaneA Member Posts: 335
    edited February 2020
    Two for one deal in the OR? Well, I'm glad that they looked around and found it. Hopefully, this surgery will have you "good to go" for springtime.
  • BuckeyeShelby
    BuckeyeShelby Member Posts: 196
    edited February 2020
    Good grief! Maybe they should check your left little toenail, too! Well, at least they found it and hopefully took care of that, too. You really don't need to collect diagnoses, 'kay?
  • schweetieangel
    schweetieangel Member Posts: 47
    edited February 2020
    ghezz. you can't catch a break can you. Good thing they peeked around and found it now rather than later though. Big hugs
  • BoiseB
    BoiseB Member Posts: 225
    edited February 2020
    That happened to me when I was diagnosed with a second cancer. The esophageal cancer metastasized to my ovaries and I also had uterine cancer. I hope you don't have to have two oncologists and if you do I hope they get along.
  • Bengal
    Bengal Member Posts: 518
    edited February 2020
    Last spring I had a needle aspiration and the fluid sent to the lab. Results came back "questionable" so they wanted to do a biopsy "just to be in the safe side". It was a surgical biopsy, rather than just a needle biopsy. When I woke up in recovery I discovered it had been much more radical; it felt like he'd gone in with a backhoe! One of the few times I've asked for pain meds. Very painful, long recovery period. I had not planned on that at all. It really messed up my summer plans.
  • Jayne
    Jayne Member Posts: 134
    edited February 2020
    Ugh!
  • Paperpusher
    Paperpusher Member Posts: 78
    edited February 2020
    Oh,no! Not more! But at least they found it.
  • Bengal
    Bengal Member Posts: 518
    edited February 2020
    Oops, didn't mean to mislead. Surgeon was cleaning out fluid sac and a bunch of scar tissue. NO malignancy! Surgery was nasty but relieved that everything came up negative.
  • Kebohs
    Kebohs Member Posts: 16
    edited February 2020
    Sorry about that but, glad they caught it and hopefully they got it all. Praying for you
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited February 2020
    Wow. I'm sure glad they caught the thyroid issue while they were in there and were able to hopefully get it taken care of at the same time. Enough with the cancer, already!!
  • schweetieangel
    schweetieangel Member Posts: 47
    edited February 2020
    When I had my first colon surgery in 2014 that's when they saw the spot on my liver. Which ended up being cancer.
  • Dkatsmeow
    Dkatsmeow Member Posts: 37
    edited February 2020
    Great that they got it all. That may have had something to do with your blood pressure issues. Hoping for a speedy recovery! And yeah when I had my surgery, they ended up scraping my brain stem. Anyway I was supposed to come out with a slumped shoulder. But there was way more than they anticipated. I have lots of damage to my throat.
  • Dkatsmeow
    Dkatsmeow Member Posts: 37
    edited February 2020
    Great that they got it all. That may have had something to do with your blood pressure issues. Hoping for a speedy recovery! And yeah when I had my surgery, they ended up scraping my brain stem. Anyway I was supposed to come out with a slumped shoulder. But there was way more than they anticipated. I have lots of damage to my throat.

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