McTai

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• McTai has replied to a post on the message board

  Hi, Shortstuff: Glad to hear you are in a good hand especially having a caring father who is also in medical field. I undertook a lot of radioactive examinations too but I am pretty sure everything will turn out all right, either you or me and others who suffer from thyroid cancers. I am a professor in a medical college and my daughter is also a physician and many of my cousins, uncles are also physicians who ...

  June 18 at 3:57 AM view post

• McTai has replied to a post on the message board

  HI, Shortstuff, I know you will be o.k. You are only 21, such a young person who indeed can live up to 80 if not 100. You know thyroid cancer is a slow growth kind and mostly it spreads to lung or bone and perhaps lymph-nodes if they have been metastassized. Too much radiation surely in not good but it has to be accumulated in a big big amount. I have been going through a lot of radiation, x ray, scan, PET... recentl...

  June 17 at 4:06 AM view post

• McTai has replied to a post on the message board

  I am not a professional singer but I sing in church choir, a tenor and Ihave my TT three months ago. Anything happened to my voice ? I could only whisper after the surgery and now I can talk a little louder but with  a very hoarse voice. Sometimes I feel my voice is clearer but most of time very husky, cranky.. The last time I sang was the Sunday before my operation. I told myself in church when singing that it ...

  June 16 at 12:52 PM view post

• McTai has replied to a post on the message board

  Some medical scholars suggest that we should learn to live with cancer. When I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer I debated with myself to go for TT or not. I am in my 60's and I decided to go ahead. If I were in my 70's, I might choose not to. If you are still young, give yourslef a chance. Of course, it also depends on what kind of cancer you are dealing with. Good Luck.

  June 16 at 9:34 AM view post