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On 2/28/2008 skylog wrote:

Hey Rick, I think we have met before in this board.  I had, or have, thyroid cancer.  I know what you mean about the waiting for another checkup thing.  For a thyroid cancer patient there is alot of wait and sees.  I have finished up my radiation treatment and now I don't return to the doc. until July sometime.  I also find myself thinking I have all kinds of cancers.  I see a spot on my skin, and think yep that is skin cancer.  Or a soar throat is for sure throat cancer.  I am a stay at home mom of two, so I have lots of time to think.  Maybe I need a job too.  It's so hard to move on with life knowing that cancer was in your body, and woundering is that it, or will it return???  I really think I need to see a shrink.  Well I'm not sure what my point is here.  Just wanted to let you know you are not alone.  I don't know much about your cancer, but I do know about dealing with the aftermath of having cancer all too well.  Take care-Skylog

I'm sure I've got all kinds of cancer, several days a week :) 

About 8 months post treatment I found a bump on the inside of my upper leg. I was sure the cancer was back. I told my ENT about it when I went for my monthly check. He smiled and said there's no way it would have jumped that far. Sure enough it turned out to be something else and went away on it's own.

He all hear the footsteps.  

Hi, Rick. First of all, Congratulations on finishing your radiation treatment. You sound like you came through it pretty well....better than I did, but I had chemo too. I'm glad you made it through with your sense of humor intact.

I had the white spot thing, too, on the back of my throat ( I had tonsil cancer). It may be thrush. My ent recommends mouthrinsing with half salt/half baking soda, he also said to try rinsing with apple cider vinegar. I wound up having thrush pretty bad, they gave me a 2 week course of diflucan for it with a magic mouthwash that had nystatin and tetracyline in it. Worked like a charm.

I also had the nodules in my lungs. They showed up on a follow up PET scan in December, then were gone on a CT scan in Jan when I went into the hospital to have them needle biopsied. Just had a CT scan last week and there was another, very small one in a different spot. Radiologist and ent both said they can be viral and can come and go. They arent worried about them until they show up on successive scans.

Best of luck on your recovery, hope things continue to go your way.

Mike

Thanks Mike. I appreciate your feedback. I read your other post about how well you are doing, congrats man. That's great.

Rick