My Experience With Thyroid Cancer

I had labs done and I had an ultrasound this month to check on how things are moving along one year after radioactive iodine. The ultrasound revealed three small lesions measuring roughly 5mm each. My endocrinologist described them as being too small to biopsy, but she can tell it's thyroid tissue. One mass is in the thyroid "bed" where the thyroid once was and two are up by the angle of my jaw. Those are lymph nodes and I'm told my surgeon probably couldn't see them during the second surgery because they were so small. So they were left behind and they have grown a little. My thyroglobulin came in at 2.3. It had been 2.1 in February. Dr. Chan said that's good news. I guess it's good that it didn't skyrocket.  I'm currently waiting to hear what they want to do. The nuclear medicine doctor says the lesions are too big to be completely eradicated by radioactive iodine alone. My surgeon says the cancer is too small to be seen in surgery. So what is go

I wanted to show you guys how I eat vegan throughout the day. This was fun, and I'm looking forward to doing it again. Please know the context of this day: this was a Saturday and I laid around without doing much, so I wasn't super focused on being energized. This wouldn't sustain me on a day where I work and exercise. So here's what this lazy vegan ate today: Breakfast: 20 oz coffee with raw sugar and coconut milk creamer  •  strawberries  •  poppyseed bagel with Natural Balance dairy-free butter Snacks: store-bought tortilla chips and salsa. No, I'm not granola enough to be making those from scratch just yet.  •  smoothie made from the following: one banana, one avocado, orange juice, strawberries, 1/4 unpeeled cucumber, chia seeds, lots of spinach, fresh lime and ice.  Dinner: lentil cous cous salad with spinach, basil, oil and vinegar, garlic, lemon juice, red bell pepper and edamame.  Vegan si

Firstly, one year ago today I had 150 mci of radioactive iodine. I'm so grateful 365 days have gone by. That was a such a hurdle for me, and I'm so glad to see it in the rear view mirror.  So it's that time of year again, and I'm having tests and things now. I had labs done yesterday and saw today that my TSH is at 0.01 again. That's odd because that's what it was in December, right before I asked my endocrinologist to please adjust my dosage because I didn't like the side effects I was experiencing. She made the adjustment, and my TSH was up to 0.02 in February. So I don't know how it's dropped again, which as you may remember actually means I'm more hyperthyroid. The area where I live gets pretty hot in the summer, and as a person I just run hot most of the time. But lately I've been wondering if I might be feeling hotter than others. I've just felt feverishly hot lately. There is the possibility that I'm just imagining it. I