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Re: cancer. » seldomseen

Posted by llurpsienoodle on December 31, 2008, at 18:47:04

In reply to Re: cancer., posted by seldomseen on December 31, 2008, at 18:17:12

Thanks for your post, Seldom-- as usual, you manage to reassure me. I'm kinda skittish and panicky. Been *off* for a while now, but figured that it was the holidays. Now it catches up to me.

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I'm sorry that your mom is ill llurpsie.
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> I'm sure I don't have to tell you that, if your gonna get a cancer, thyroid cancer is one of the better ones to get.

yes. It's not a surprise. Her thyroid hasn't been working since she was 18.


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> But the word cancer is out there, and there's no getting it back.
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> Distilling my experience with cancer, people (including those with the diagnosis) handle that word and its reprocussions in one of two ways.
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> There are those who take it all in at once. The enormity of it hits them and they just shut down. They may go through the motions, or they may leave entirely. It's a lot to digest and some people can't, don't or won't.

She's been through enough stuff with my dad that this seems to be rolling right off her back *seems* . yes. seems.

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> There are also those who take it day by day and don't look at the big picture. They approach treatment stepwise, from doctor visit to doctor visit almost. Their eye is only on the next step.
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Yes, this seems more likely. She was this way when my dad was critically ill, and she continues to think of the next step. yes.

> Neither is better, it just seems to partition out that way in my experience.
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> Most likely when your mom has her treatment, she will be admitted, receive her iodine 131, be radioactive for a couple of days, and come home. She will be slightly radioactive for up to 3 months. The response rate is very very high, the side effects are surprisingly minimal.
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Yes, she has already had the complete thyroidectomy (is that the right word?). Her tumor was well-encapsulated, but it's a mix of two forms of cancer. one of which is slightly more aggressive.

She *would* be getting her iodine today, except that she screwed up her diet and will be screened for TSH levels next week (they have to be through the roof) to see if she's iodine-absorbant enough. My mom, the sponge for radiation. She has a great endocrinologist, but some complications (a hematoma) from her surgery 2 mos ago. Her neck is healing well now, however.

Without thyroid hormone, she feels like CRAP and sounds like crap. my mom... poor mom.


> Cancer is a big deal, mom cancer is a really big deal.
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> We'll be here.
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> Seldom.

Thanks seldom, you help me make some sense here. really

-Ll


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