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cancer
about two years ago i had an opperation to take out my right thyroid and a sist that was growing on it. when they took it out and examined it in the lab they found out that it was cancerous and had a type of cancer that is slow growing. they wanted to have another operation on me to take out the rest of my thyroid, give me radioactive serum and give me thyroid pills for the rest of my life.
I went home thought about it and decided not to do the operation because of the risks involved etc. every 6months i have a blood test to check that everything is ok like my thyroid is working well and my iron is good calcium bla bla.aboiut 2 months ago i saw my nurse and she brought up the whole cancer thing and said that i should go to the hospital to get myself checked just to be certain.
what i want to ask what are the symptoms of cancer and how can i check if i have it.i herd that theres no test thats reliable that will determine that you have cancer but what are things i can do in my situation?
any advice would be great thank you :)
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Symptoms of cancer are incredibly varied and can be invisible for long periods of time. You could have cancer and not even know it. Symptoms also depend on the type of cancer too, sometimes. I suggest you get it checked out by a doctor asap. They can do a biopsy of your other thyroid to see if that is in infected, and maybe areas around the thyroid that was removed incase it spread. If they've taken your blood before then that rules out some cancers. Seeing a doctor is the only way to be sure.
Good luck,
-Abby
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