Anyone heard from Aussie Mark?

[Rob]

Maybe I missed an update.

[Aussie Mark]

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.

[Granny Gremlin]

Glad to hear it Mark!  My dad has no thyroid left and has to take the supplements daily.  His case wasn't cancer but a stubbornly re-growing hyperactive thyroid.  He had to drink the radioactive iodine 3 times and the last time the doctor was a bit pissed cause it kept growing back that he gave such a big dose the whole thing was burnned away .

[slinkp]

Excellent news Mark, thanks for filling us in. Hope to hear more about your bass exploits soon!

[Basshappi]

Glad to hear you are on the road to recovery Mark!

[Dave W]

Good to hear, Mark. Keep up the good fight.

[patman]

This is good news. Keep in touch.

[gearHed289]

Sounds like you've got the right attitude Mark. Keep it up!

[Chris P.]

good news!

[Pilgrim]

Delighted to hear it!!

(Nix on the beheading part... )

[uwe]

Hang on in there, you old 'roo. Will do wonders for your throat wrinkles too, I had wanted to raise that issue with you already for some time ...

[Rob]

Hang on in there, you old 'roo. Will do wonders for your throat wrinkles too, I had wanted to raise that issue with you already for some time ...

[doombass]

Releaving news that you're recovering Mark.

[Highlander]

 

[gweimer]

Good news!