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Breast and thyroid cancer combination
Hi everyone I was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer in October last year. I had 4 courses of chemotherapy to shrink the tumours in my breast and under my arm pit. This was followed by a lu...
Hi Tanba
Thanks for your reply. Sounds familiar.My thyroid cancer had spread to lymph nodes in my neck(left side). My breast cancer was on the left side as well. I think my initial full body scan in October 2016 showed something in my thyroid but my oncologist said not to worry about it as everyone's thyroid lights up in these scans. I can't help thinking that there may be a link but the doctors say otherwise. How are you going now? How are you finding the thyroid meds? I am on thyroxine and calcium supplements. I think I will also need radioiodine treatment in the next little while.
Thanks for your reply. Sounds familiar.My thyroid cancer had spread to lymph nodes in my neck(left side). My breast cancer was on the left side as well. I think my initial full body scan in October 2016 showed something in my thyroid but my oncologist said not to worry about it as everyone's thyroid lights up in these scans. I can't help thinking that there may be a link but the doctors say otherwise. How are you going now? How are you finding the thyroid meds? I am on thyroxine and calcium supplements. I think I will also need radioiodine treatment in the next little while.