I'm doing ok - surgery went to plan and the cancer hadn't spread to any of the 31 lymph nodes that were removed as a precautionary measure adjacent to the thyroid. The thyroid itself had 3 malignant tumours but the surgeon is confident he got it all. Next step is for the endocrinologist to review the pathology and decide if radioactive iodine treatment is recommended to nuke any remaining thyroid cells that the surgeon may have left behind. I see him on Monday week.
I'm on thyroxine tablets daily (and will be for the rest of my life) and it seems like my dosage has balanced out nicely in the last week or so - my energy levels are pretty good. My para-thyroid has recovered from being relocated so my calcium levels are back to normal now, so I stopped calcium supplementation last week.
The incision has healed up nicely and doesn't look like an incomplete beheading any more, so that's good too.
Thanks for the concern - I'm definitely doing a hell of a lot better than a lot of cancer patients. This will be kicked soon enough.
