Tracy

Hi there new to the site and I think I have a similar scar to yours having a hard time coping with it but could use a chat if you re available . I have skype if you re able to connect.

Thanks Tracy !

Tracy,
Your journey is so inspiring. I have Stage 3 Lung cancer and I try not to worry but it is difficult. I enjoy your input.

Hi, I saw you posted an answer about lymphodema. So my question for you is, did you have this problem in your neck after thyrodectomy and neck dissection? I'm a little concerned cuz 2 days ago all bandages were remove from my neck and the scar is actually not that has but I see/feel that the left side of my neck, were 22 lymph nodes were removed, seems a lil bumping, or not even and smooth as the other side. Doctor said its cuz he removed some tissue and that won't grow up again. I know it's too soon cuz it's been 2 weeks from my surgery but I'm having trouble to accept my new neck. Maybe it's not even the scar, maybe just looking at it without bandages made me realized all I've been through these last months... I know I should be happy cuz I think the worst has passed, but somehow I feel more sad than when I was diagnosed...

THANKS FOR YOUR POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

Tracy, thanks for your response, you can find a smile even in strange placed if you can stay positive

Something not so funny at the time but i could laugh about it later,
when I returnd home from my first Chemo along with my trusty pump, i felt hungry and spied some fresh suger cookies on the counter, now what goes good with suger cookies but a big glass of COLD milk, having totally forgotten the repeted cations about cold things. well when i to a big sip the best way to describe it was my eyes went wide and it felt like a porcupine had exsploded in my mouth.
Funny now but i will not forget the warning about cold again for sure.

There have been plenty of nights that I've cried my way through them! I completely understand. If you Ever need anyone let me know....Soni

Tracy, I just read ur reply to the question about thyroid symptoms and it so registered with me! I have been called a hypochondriac for years. Now, I too, am relieved that something was found both for the sake of my pride and so it can be treated. However, I would have wished for one thing less deadly.

thank you Tracy, your comment made me cry, but it was happy tears. I needed to hear that....:)

You have alot of great information and a wonderful caring attitude. Thank you for sharing all of this. I will try to keep up.

thanks, what you said about keeping our body's strong and that means sleep. I had never thought about it like that. Your so right on. I have had 3-4 hours of sleep a night since last Tuesday when I found out. I have surgery coming up in a few days. I bought unisom to help me sleep, I hope it works.

Hi Tracy,
I just wanted to let you know how encouraging your profile is to my husband & myself. He was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2010, which really came as a shock because he wasn't I'll, other than sore throat. Since then he's had a reoccurrance every year since. Just coming to the weeks end of RAI treatment, scan on Monday morning. So glad I found this site and people like yourself to draw from. Thank you!
Shirley

Thanks so much Tracy for your comment. It helps to know that we are not alone in these things!

Hi Tracy. I am newly diagnosed and am going to Sloan Kettering for papillary and follicular thyroid cancer. A friend told me about sucking on lemon drops and I asked my doctor. She said the newest studies show that sucking on sour candies can actually be harmful to the patient in the long run. Did ur doctor recommend it?

I agree about stress and IBS. Mine was very under control until I was diagnosed. But like I said the chemo has aggravated it beyond anything since I first developed IBS over 20 yrs ago. But... it is what it is

Tracy it sounds like your problem is more severe than mine. I have heard of hyoscine. They gave it to my daughter when she was a baby once. You are right - I have to just hang in there and make the best of things. Thank you for responding

thanks tracy for the advice...it really helps...God bless..

Hi Tracy, I just read your story and was touched by the similarities to mine. My cancer was in the brain, not the throat, but I remember well being clamped down (for radiation) and not being told I almost died during surgery. The only way I knew was that a stream of chaplains kept coming into my room to chat and that all the nurses denied that anything had gone wrong.
I am only a year out from my surgeries / treatments (though still require regular MRI's). If you want to chat, let me know.

Hi Tracy. Just read your journey. Sounds like you have had one heck of a ride but are a real warrior. Good to hear. We as long time survivors have to share our story and help the newly diagnosed as much as we can. To your good health.
Elaine

Hi Tracy,
Thank you for sharing your story on this week's WhatNexter of the Week. You have had an incredible journey and can be a great inspiration to the people on this site. Sometimes they just need to know that the impossible can be done- and you are a living testament to that!
Rachael

Tracy,

Happy New Year! I can see from reading your wall you are really helping a lot of people. Keep up the good work.

David
Founder, WhatNext

Tracy, I never heard about the CRF until your recent mention of it in a reply to a Q about lymphedema. Fascinating idea. Thanks!

Thanks! I will ask the Dr. I go on Tuesday. Just trying to work the bugs out of this new journey.

Tracy, Thanks so much for your suggestions and your offer to listen-- I'm very grateful for this website and people like you. Alex

thank you for your answer they tell me you dont see this reaction with the amount of I131 i took my body is ok have lumps in my taste bud tongue feels like its been burnt bubbles on it hair is thinging out nails are blue at the beds platelet drop but are coming back it is very upsetting to think the medicine is so bad.denlou

Tracy, you are the most amazing, endearing person. Thank you for your interest and advice. Depression is sneaky so I shall have to stay tuned toward that, thanks. I have an aggressive form of breast cancer with possible "recurrence" although I have never been declared cancer free. I have thyroid issues that were aggravated by a glancing blow via radiation. But, enough about me, you are the poster woman for kick some sand in the face of cancer, your journey so long and beginning so young. I love your will. I have two sisters living in Fairbanks, I live in Texas...according to natives, another country:-) I am following you, a mentor for clarity in the face of the dragon. Thank you.