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Felt coin purse1 comment

paigeturner123 wrote 3 days ago: This week I made a vow not to go out after work. Instead I stayed home crafting things. One of these … more →

Tags: Cancer, Life, post surgery, stress reduction, Surgery, thyroid, thyroid cancer, Coin Purse, Craft

Who are you? & then some2 comments

hungryfortsh wrote 1 week ago: Well, I’ve decided that since my blog has had over a couple thousand hits in the past month an … more →

Tags: Cancer, thyroid cancer, papillary cancer, follicular cancer, carcinoma, thyroid, ablation, endocrinologist, calcification

Robotic Thyroid Surgery Article ENT News

thyroidsurgery wrote 1 week ago: Article in ENT News about early experience with robotic thyroid surgery. … more →

Tags: Thyroid Surgery, thyroid cancer, Lobectomy, neck, thyroid, endoscopic, DaVinci, Robot, Robotic

Healing!1 comment

paigeturner123 wrote 1 week ago: Well, I am healing. Scars are getting better and better. … more →

Tags: Cancer, Life, post surgery, thyroid, thyroid cancer, Thyroid Surgery

Two weeks ago!1 comment

paigeturner123 wrote 3 weeks ago: Two weeks ago today at this very moment I was 4 hours into my thyroid surgery! It has already been t … more →

Tags: Life, post surgery, stress reduction, Surgery, thyroid, thyroid cancer, Thyroid Surgery, Cancer, Post-Op

All I want to do is craft1 comment

paigeturner123 wrote 3 weeks ago: I’m not really back into the swing of things totally yet, but I can craft! I got a bunch of em … more →

Tags: Cancer, Fun, Life, post surgery, stress reduction, Craft, Embroidery, FLOSS, recovery

daVinci Thyroidectomy: Surgical Video

thyroidsurgery wrote 3 weeks ago: Surgical video of the endoscopic portion of a left thyroid lobectomy using the daVinci Surgery Syste … more →

Tags: Thyroid Surgery, thyroid cancer, Lobectomy, neck, thyroid, Surgery, endoscopic, DaVinci, Robot

Each day is better than the last4 comments

paigeturner123 wrote 4 weeks ago: So it hasn’t been quite a week since my surgery and I am feeling better and better each day. M … more →

Tags: lymph nodes, Musicophilia, My Life as a Dog, Oliver Sacks, oxycodon, papillary thyroid cancer, recovery, thyroid, thyroid cancer

One more night2 comments

paigeturner123 wrote 1 month ago: Well, I  have to stay in the hospital for one more night.  They really want to make sure that my cal … more →

Tags: Cancer, thyroid cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, Surgery, Calcium, hospital, Smoothie

Scars5 comments

paigeturner123 wrote 1 month ago: I am in the hospital in my own room. I have a really nice view and the room is big. I am feeling so … more →

Tags: thyroid, Cancer, thyroid cancer, Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, post surgery

Patient Surgery Manual for daVinci Thyroid Surgery

thyroidsurgery wrote 1 month ago: Available for download from the Texas Institute for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery (http://www.robo … more →

Tags: thyroid cancer, Thyroid Surgery, Cancer, DaVinci, Endocrine, endoscopic, goiter, Kuppersmith, Lobectomy

Insurance covered it!2 comments

thyroidcancersurvivor wrote 1 month ago: There were so many bills from doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and on and on after all of the medical … more →

Tags: thyroid cancer, RadioActive Iodine (RAI), Cancer Survivor, papillary thyroid cancer, HOPE, Life, Inspiration, Thyroid Cancer Survivor, Faith

Naturopath.2 comments

paigeturner123 wrote 1 month ago: So I am checking in with my naturopath as a little extra support for my surgery/preventative future … more →

Tags: Life, thyroid, Cancer, thyroid cancer, Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, stress reduction, naturopath, Holistic

Sprout a Cancer, Grow a Branch of Worries1 comment

hungryfortsh wrote 1 month ago: Well, when I was first diagnosed, I was ready to tell the world that I had cancer.  From the moment … more →

Tags: Cancer, thyroid cancer, papillary cancer, follicular cancer, carcinoma, thyroid, Surgery, raidoactive iodine, RAI

A Thyrogen Explanation2 comments

hungryfortsh wrote 1 month ago: The Great and Almighty Thyrogen When I found out I had thyroid cancer, 21 days ago, my first immedia … more →

Tags: ablation, calcification, Cancer, carcinoma, endocrinologist, experience?, follicular cancer, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, human recombinant thyrotropin

Low Iodine Blues

hungryfortsh wrote 1 month ago: Short whiny post today, but before, I’ll give you some thyroid anatomy: The Anatomy of the Ave … more →

Tags: Cancer, thyroid cancer, papillary cancer, follicular cancer, carcinoma, thyroid, Surgery, raidoactive iodine, RAI

Thyroidectomy Visually Chronicled1 comment

hungryfortsh wrote 2 months ago: This is a visual chronicle of my thyroidectomy– the first few days, up until about 3 weeks out … more →

Tags: Cancer, thyroid cancer, papillary cancer, follicular cancer, carcinoma, thyroid, Surgery

Bad dream5 comments

paigeturner123 wrote 2 months ago: So last night I had my first bad dream about surgery. I dreamt that I was in a small room with my fr … more →

Tags: thyroid, Cancer, thyroid cancer, Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, surgery dreams

In the meantime4 comments

paigeturner123 wrote 2 months ago: Logistics: My surgery is set for November 3rd, 2009. My mom (I’ll post a couple of photos from … more →

Tags: Life, Cancer, thyroid cancer, Surgery, Thyroid Surgery, Philosophy


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