So I recently got THE LETTER. The letter I get every year, telling me the results of my annual Thyroglobulin test. This is the test that tells us if I am still cancer free or if my cancer has returned. They also do TSH and free T4 tests to see if I’m on the right […]
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Life After Papillary Thyroid Cancer
I thought it was about time I blogged about life after thyroid cancer. I’ve not really blogged much about Thyroid Cancer since I announced I’d been given the all-clear from my consultant back in December 2013. I’m now 3 years cancer free and every December I share the video I made on YouTube about my cancer […]
That first post-cancer check up
My 6 month post-cancer check up with my consultant oncologist got a little bit delayed, due to a bout of depression and a phase in which I kept cancelling my appointments. It ended up being a 10 month post-cancer check up. I dutifully popped to the hospital to get my bloods taken the week before, […]
The Ghost of Cancer Past and Present
Does Cancer ever really go away? Does it? If it goes away physically, does it go away in your head? I’m in limbo land, so I couldn’t know either way. I have to wait until November to find out if my treatment has worked or not, and I was coping much better since the school holidays […]
More about my radiotherapy
…You thought I’d told you all the bad news about my radiotherapy didn’t you? Aside from the radiotherapy itself, which will cause dry mouth, a sore throat and neck (around my surgery scars), nausea and a few other side effects (which are NOTHING compared to me not being able to cuddle my own children)… Two […]