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2023 (6)
July (2)
Snthroid Delivers - "Part Deux": Well, got my first order from Synthroid Delivers.Â
Everything seems to have went well and been as ...
Synthroid Delivers: Has anybody heard of a program called "Synthroid Delivers"?
https://www.synthroiddeliversprogram.co...
April (1)
Article on Thyroid Nodules: I thought this was a good article on Thyroid Nodules. This covers most situations.
There are othe...
March (1)
Synthroid: I forgot my synthroid monday. All day I was dragging.Â
Couldn't figure out why, till I looked at...
February (1)
Thank you heavenly father: I-131 Whole Body Scan came back clean. Â
They did say they want to continue with blood work to mo...
January (1)
What a long strange trip it's been (10 Year scan): Well, 10 years have passed and I'm praying this is the last scan. I am not quite sure why they wan...
2022 (1)
January (1)
9 years, but who's counting?: Well my "cancerversary" is in October, but after 9 years of scheduling appointments, my yearly oncol...
2021 (3)
November (1)
I am thankful: I am thankful for Jill who created this site.
I am thankful for all the people on blogforacure who ...
October (1)
Stomach issues: i've been having problems with my stomach. And I thought I'd ask what you all do.
I don't think it ...
June (1)
MRNA vaccines - beyond Covid: This is a news segment from CBS Sunday Morning about the application of MRNA vaccines... beyond viru...
2020 (5)
December (1)
Synthroid and Calcium: Time for my anual visit to the oncologist, so he ordered the usual blood tests.
My TSH came back at...
August (1)
Cigarettes: Lost my sister to lung cancer. She had quit smoking about 12 years ago when her husband had heart ...
July (1)
I'm alright: Despite all my whining, I seem to be doing OK now. My weight is back to where it was and I am livi...
April (1)
Ken Burns - The Gene: I should have known that it was Ken Burns because it seemed so good. Â
It's not all about cancer,...
March (1)
I'm alright Marcia: I'm doing OK. I am able to work from home as needed.
We will get through this. As Churchill sai...
2019 (8)
November (1)
Good News: I had an ultrasound of my neck and saw my oncologist.
All news is good. Ultrasound showed nothing...
October (1)
Papillary Thyroid Cancer: "Good cancer" my ... foot !
Found a good article.  Seems a bit long, but easy enough to understa...
June (1)
Password Managers: The days of writing down passwords or keeping them in a spreadsheet have passed. Most people have ...
April (3)
Types of Thyroid Cancer: I get the Mayo Clinic "living with cancer" newsletter.
This last one had a brief discussion of Thyr...
Potential Resources: I received these in an email, so I haven't personally used them...but I did check out the links.  ...
Fascinating reading on gene editing: I was in the doctor's office...this time not for me! They had a copy of the magazine "Wired", Marc...
March (1)
My wish for you: I'm not Irish. There was no real Irish community in our neighborhood growing up. So I was not fa...
February (1)
test: ...
2018 (6)
December (1)
Generics: As it turns out my "generic" Synthroid seems to be acceptable. It has the same imprints and manufa...
November (2)
Two articles on Synthroid/Levothyroxine: Here are two articles that I ran across while doing some searching.
This first one is very good, wi...
Do you take Synthroid?: I think my TSH was a bit low (hyper... i.e. high T4 and T3) early this summer.Â
Then this summer I ...
August (2)
Recall of Levothyroxine and Liothyronine: Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Levothyroxine and Liothyroni...
Synthroid - : Last weekend it was so bad I went to the ER. Of course they didn't find anything...but did give me...
July (1)
Synthroid side effects?: I guess we all are aware of the side effects.
Recently I have had some restless nights. They come...
2017 (3)
November (1)
The Voice...and scanxiety: Had my 5 year scan. That means thyrogen shots, I-131 tracer dosage, colonoscopy grade cleansing (m...
January (2)
Update end of 2016: November is my "cancerversary". It's when I got my thyroidectom...ies. So every year I go see th...
Some news articles: Here are a couple of articles that I thought others might be interested in.
Might not be anything n...
2016 (2)
September (1)
Rollin on the river: When I was going to college, I would take the bus back and forth for a weekend or holiday. I met o...
May (1)
New face of Lung cancer: St. Charles couple wants nation to see a new face of lung cancer
From a local newspaper....
I just...
2015 (4)
December (1)
Lessons learned: Maybe it's hubris to think that I can offer advice, or that things I learned are relevant.
Number 1...
November (1)
Cancerversary scan: So every fall now I can look forward to some kind of scan. My oncologist has a routine ... he cycl...
June (1)
When do you take your Synthroid/Levothyroxine?: Thought I would post an update...and ask a question.
I am well. My TSH was down to 0.38. My las...
May (1)
Dear Sabina: I know that as unpleasant as my thyroid cancer experienced was, it was nothing compared to what you ...
2014 (9)
November (2)
Share my joy: Had my Thyrogen injections last week and AntiThyroglobulin Antibody blood test at the end of last we...
Garth: If you didn't like Garth Brooks before...check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUgeyDb7ZXA
...
October (2)
Genetics: I'm going to ramble a bit about genetics.
I think genetics is fascinating....I had biology in high ...
How I feel: A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER'S PRAYER
Author Unknown,
(Attributed to a battle weary C.S.A soldier near the ...
August (3)
I'm amazed: I'm amazed at all the brave and wonderful people here. Fighting bigger fights than I ever fought.Â...
Regina Brett's 45 life lessons and 5 to grow on: You might have seen these passed around. However, I looked it up on Snopes.com ...and it is real.Â...
Happy Birthday Jill: Wishing you a very happy birthday and all the best going forward.
I think everyone here is better o...
July (1)
Synthroid - the continuing saga: I complained about how I was feeling and my endocrinologist asked me to come in for a blood test.
N...
June (1)
Synthroid: First, my email address was wiped out of my profile, so I haven't seen anything for a while. Â
I w...
2013 (5)
November (1)
Thank you heavenly father: Clean Scan @ 1 Year: Had a scan on 08 Nov....of course the week started off with the thyrogen shots....followed by an I-1...
August (1)
Labor Day update: The endocrinologist had me on a pretty hefty dosage of synthroid (225 mcg... why don't they use stan...
April (2)
An amazing interview with Roger Ebert:
Roger Ebert: 'I'm happy I don't look worse'
Roger Ebert is regarded as one of the greatest film cr...
TSH went up?:
What a long strange trip...
Had a blood test at the end of January...TSH was 1.3 ...heading in t...
February (1)
TSH Level 01/30/2013: Hello everybody. "Hey" there! First, I wish peace and health to all in this new year.
I do read p...
2012 (6)
December (3)
Synthroid dosage: A couple of months *prior* to surgery my levels were
Name Value Reference Range
TSH 1.15 0.34...
Synthroid: I had a sleepless night last night. Of course I was beat today. I guess silly me, I thought I'd f...
Good news - at last: For those of you who like to skip right to the good news...
Had "post high dose scan" on 11/28/2012...
November (3)
Oncologist & RAI: Things happened rather quickly on Monday (19th). I went to the Oncologist, and he said that if my b...
Post op check: Saw the surgeon who took off the strips and shared the pathology report.
Good news: No evidence of...
You might ask yourself, "How did I get here?": I’ve always been low energy. However, in the last two years my energy level dropped to where I c...
Cancer Info
October 31, 2012
No
No energy.
Learning to be patient.
Mostly hypothyroid type symptoms.
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