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Abby’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer)

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May
17
2013
Abby's Story LR

I had waited my entire life for the moment to finally come, I was finally starting my quest through Nursing school and couldn't have been more excited. My happiness soon ended when on January 17, 2012, the second day of nursing school, my endocrinologist called me and told me i had thyroid cancer. It all started when I needed a physical for nursing school. When my doctor felt my throat she said "oh I think there is a little nodule on your thyroid." Well i thought, well that's no big deal. Boy was I wrong, I had an ultrasound to confirm the nodule and then a fine nettle biopsy on Jan, 12 2012. Right before I had my biopsy I talked with my doctor about the procedure and he reassured me that I was going to be fine and he didn't believe it was cancerous because of its small size. That was the first time I had ever heard the word cancer during this whole situation. My stomach was in my throat and I wanted to start bawling right in the doctors office. It was a word I never … [Read more...]

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Jerica’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer)

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Apr
26
2013
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I am 23, the mother of a pop singer; Cayleigh, a dancer; Micaela, and the Boss man; Christopher Jr., and I am with my true knight in shining armor (or as I like to say my knight in shiny tinfoil). Right after I turned 23 and I was 8 months pregnant with the boss baby, I was diagnosed with Metastis Papillary Thyroid Cancer. I gave birth to my son the next day (who was healthy as could be ) and he truly saved my life, which is something he will always be reminded of. Following the birth of my son I had a complete Thyroidectomy and had 29 tumors and cancer infected nodes from my neck and chest. Chris, my knight in shiny tinfoil, stayed with me every minute he could, other than when he would go spend time with our daughters or go home to bathe our newborn. He stepped up and took care of a newborn baby and took care of me at the same time IN A HOSPITAL on one of those really uncomfortable couches. Poor guy was so exhausted BUT he never once complained. He just gave 100000% … [Read more...]

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Kim’s Fight Like a Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer, Uterine Cancer)

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Feb
25
2012
Kim's Story (Thyroid Cancer Uterine Cancer) LR

For years, my husband and I struggled with infertility but finally, after drugs, procedures and lots of heartbreak, we were finally blessed with a baby (I already had an 11 yr old daughter from a previous marriage). Just 2 short years later in 2006, at the age of 34, I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. All I could think about at first is, I was just handed a death sentence. That is what people think when they hear the ”C” word. My own father passed away from cancer when I was 22. I struggled with dealing with my cancer. I didn’t even know I had it until it was already gone but I could NOT stop thinking about the what if’s…What if it comes back?….What if they didn’t get it all?…What if I die? I want to see my kids grow up and have families of their own. Finally, after 2 years of good results and clean scans, I allowed myself to hope. We started trying to have another baby almost immediately after I was cleared from giving birth to our daughter because of the … [Read more...]

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Rachel’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Trigeminal Neuralgia, Endo, Fibro, Celiac, Thyroid Cancer)

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May
22
2011
Rachel's Story (Trigeminal Neuralgia Endo Fibro Celiac Thyroid Cancer) LR

Here I am, another sleepless night. I like to blame it on all of the anti-convulsants I am on for my trigeminal neuralgia. A facial pain disorder which started about six months ago. The pain is so bad that at times I end up in the ER begging for pain relief. My face hurts so bad that I can't function. This is the newest ailment in my bag of conditions. It all started with endometriosis when I was a teenager then, osteoarthritis, celiac disease and fibromyalgia. Then right after I got married, at age 30 I developed thyroid cancer. At the same time I found out I had hashimotos thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease destroying my thyroid. I had my thyroid removed and went through radioactive iodine treatment. That was a couple years ago and my scans for the disease have been clean ever since. I struggle everyday with pain from the arthritis, the fibromyalgia and the trigeminal neuralgia. I have to keep gluten out of my diet for the celiac disease and still have a lot of bowel … [Read more...]

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Betsy’s Fight Like A Girl Story (Thyroid Cancer)

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Apr
22
2011
Betsy Thyroid Cancer Story

It’s been just two days since my doctor uttered the ugliest word imaginable. Cancer. It’s almost impossible for me to wrap my mind around cancer. I am a healthy, 34 year old, wife and mother with possible thyroid cancer. There it is again, cancer, it sounds as ugly today as it did yesterday. My first cancer scare began in 2008, when I was diagnosed with Graves disease and a multi-nodule goiter. I know it sounds gross. It reminds me of some wicked witch, with a huge hairy goiter sticking out of her neck, but I assure you it sounds worse than it looks. I underwent a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) in 2008 to determine malignancy. A few days felt like a lifetime, but at last the results were in! Benign! I dodged the bullet. I did a little happy dance and didn’t think about cancer again. I would struggle with thyroid issues for three more years before my endocrinologist recommended having my thyroid removed. The nodules in my thyroid release their own hormones … [Read more...]

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