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Life just keeps getting “better” - possible cancer
5 years ago
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So for some time now I’ve had some issues in my neck spanning back to about the time of my mother’s passing. At the time I kept shrugging it off as I thought it was a pulled muscle and just didn’t have the time to stop to check nor did I want to as I didn’t want more worse news.
Speed up to this week and finally decided to get an ultrasound done. Whelp they found something in my thyroid that’s a solid mass. Could be benign or cancerous... just great right? Lost my mother to cancer and now I could have it as well.
TL;DR: could have cancer; could not. Getting more tests done, but either way I am beyond scared out of my mind to the point it might be best to lock me up during the process. I have a “support” team of sorts, but my mind just isn’t in the right place.
May do an update to this at some point asking for help financially cause my wife will need to take time off AGAIN to take care of me and run me to doctor appointments
Speed up to this week and finally decided to get an ultrasound done. Whelp they found something in my thyroid that’s a solid mass. Could be benign or cancerous... just great right? Lost my mother to cancer and now I could have it as well.
TL;DR: could have cancer; could not. Getting more tests done, but either way I am beyond scared out of my mind to the point it might be best to lock me up during the process. I have a “support” team of sorts, but my mind just isn’t in the right place.
May do an update to this at some point asking for help financially cause my wife will need to take time off AGAIN to take care of me and run me to doctor appointments
*hug* Hope you'll be okay.
It could also just be an uncomfortable goiter, which they'd remove regardless. Please stay strong!
As for the treatments IF it is cancerous? Sadly some of the treatments conflict with current health issues I have. For instance if I am hormone therapy; it conflicts with my heart issue of A-Fib. Studies show that there is greater stroke and more A-Fib risks involved. Same for the Radio-Iodine therapy. As for my healthcare; it's set up to be a single-payer with full coverage for anything cancerous luckily.