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Main Forums => The Outpost Cafe => Topic started by: Basvarken on March 24, 2017, 04:11:46 AM
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Our fellow Outposter Mark Deayton (aka Aussie Mark) is in hospital for treatment against thyroid cancer.
Let's send some good vibes to Sydney, to help him get through these rough times.
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Mark will be in my prayers
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Oh no! Sending good wishes.
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Good vibes on their way from Chicago...
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Hang in there, Mark!
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Be well Mark, we're all awfully fond of you here!
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Take good care Mark, you're in my prayers.
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Wishing our mate, Mark, the best.
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Sending posi vibes down under (along with my inlaws; they're arriving there about now actually).
Hopefully they can just remove the thyroid (my dad had a hyperactive one - now all removed, just has to take supplements daily).
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Get well soon, bro! All the best!
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Thoughts and prayers going out to you mate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaU7wvtO_ZI
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He's home now and the doc says surgery went well. Here's hoping for a full recovery and a good prognosis for many years of playing!
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That's wonderful news George.
Best to you Mark
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Kick that cancer's ass Mark!!!
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Hoping for a speedy recovery.
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Hang in there Mark! Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.
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Best wishes, Mark!
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He's home now and the doc says surgery went well. Here's hoping for a full recovery and a good prognosis for many years of playing!
Good news. Hopefully that means his long term outlook will be good.
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Mark, hope you re doing great! Hang in there and recover fast.
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Hoping for a fast recovery Mark.!
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Sending lots of good vibes and love from Austin.
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Kick some ass Mark :mrgreen:. Good vibes coming in from Detroit.
Rick
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:toast:
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Hoping you bounce back soon in Kapiti N.Z.
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I'll just sit here and wait until you are well again!
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Hi gang, thanks for the good vibes! I had two malignant lumps on my thyroid that had spread into the adjacent lymph nodes - the surgeon removed the entire thyroid and those particular lymph nodes and he's feeling confident that he got it all. Pathology over coming weeks will confirm whether he got all the thyroid cells - if his scalpel work missed some, I'll have radioactive iodine treatment, which involves swallowing a capsule of radioactive iodine (doh!) and sitting around in a lead lined room for a week while the iodine tracks down any thyroid cells and nukes them. Once that point is reached, my prognosis is as close to 100% as can be.
In the meantime I'm on my one-a-day thyroid replacement hormone pill regime, which I'll need to do for the rest of my life, as well as calcium supplements until my para-thyroid recovers from the shock of having it's next door neighbour removed. Initially I was very tired and sore post surgery, but have been improving every day - my neck movement is now around 50% and I'm am mostly pain free, other than around the incision site, where my neck is still very tender and numb. I see the surgeon tomorrow for a follow up where he will remove the wound dressing and see how that is coming along.
Yesterday I did some exercise for the first time - jogging onto the sporting field carrying a water bottle during my son's rugby league game, and if the sun is shining later today I might try a short, flat, slow bike ride and see how that goes.
I'm playing bass on a few songs at one of our band members' wedding this coming Sunday, so life is starting to return to normal. I'm very much enjoying these three weeks off work though!
I definitely dodged a bullet with this, as I'm a typical male who never goes to the doctor. I had some discomfort in my neck that lasted for a couple of weeks, and once I'd decided it wasn't muscle soreness and I thought I could feel a lump I decided to see my doctor, even though I didn't feel ill at all. He sent me for an ultrasound scan and after that they called me in for biopsies, and from there everything escalated quickly - I was referred to a surgeon and was in the operating theatre just 10 days after the biopsy was done.
As someone suggested on Facebook, this might be a good reason to get another tattoo :-)
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Bless you, Mark. Hope the pathology report is good.
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Great news Mark!
Here's best wishes that they got it all.
B
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Delighted to hear it! Hang in there and be well.
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So glad to hear from you Mark, and that you're getting to enjoy the important stuff - is there anything more important in life than your kids' games, playing bass, and friends' weddings?
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Good to hear you're getting back to fighting form again. :thumbsup:
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Great news Mark!
Take good care and a speedy recovery to you.
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Speedy recovery, Mark!
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Great news Mark!
:toast:
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Good news Mark, glad to hear it! Just keep fighting the good fight and stay positive.
I had my own brush with cancer and keeping upbeat and positive is a big deal so hang in there.
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Good to hear that you're on the mend with an excellent prognosis! Cancer scares the crap out of me. Maybe buy a sports car to go with the new tattoo? I'm sure you're wife might not approve of the stripper to go with the sports car though ;)
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Congratulations on successful treatment! In addition to the prescribed meds you may want to speak to your doctor about getting enough iodine, vitamin d, selenium, and iron.
Frequently we see thyroid replacement made with something called levothyroxine (aka T4,) which is the main hormone made by the thyroid. This hormone doesn't actually DO anything in the body. When you need "action" from the hormone you convert it to liothyronine (aka T3.) This conversion requires the four substances previously stated. Keeping these levels adequate will help the treatments you're receiving be as effective as possible, and help you stay healthy and feel good!
Okay, I'm a geeky pharmacist. But I make sure ALL my own thyroid patients are keeping up with these levels, just like their TSH, free T3, and free T4 levels. This may be (and I hope it is) all stuff that they've already addressed with you, but in the USA many physicians aren't following these things, certainly not the standard of practice.
I think I just doubled my word count here on the outpost...
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I'm rather late to this thread, but glad things are going well for you Mark. Wishing you a speedy recovery & positive results from here on in..........
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Awesome news Mark, glad you're on the mend!
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Good to hear that you're on the mend with an excellent prognosis! Cancer scares the crap out of me. Maybe buy a sports car to go with the new tattoo? I'm sure you're wife might not approve of the stripper to go with the sports car though ;)
Maybe get the sports car and not the tattoo:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/tattoo-inks-can-give-you-8485384
Recover well Aussie Mark and all you others don't avoid going to the doctor. Nine years ago my voice turned hoarse; when I finally got it diagnosed it was cancer of the larynx. After 7 weeks of radiation therapy I was left with a paralyzed vocal cord. At least I never was a good singer.
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Hoping for a speedy recovery Mark!!