Day 3: I am feeling good just have slight back pain. The radiation on my spine is done but I have 2 more sessions Friday then Monday on the lymph node in my chest. Corrie Cochran and I had a relaxing day we went to the beach for the day […]
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Day 2: July 28, 2021 of radiation was much quicker it only took 30 minutes. It is hard to hold my arms above my head for that long but you do what you have to do. Last night my back was itching from the inside super bad. I have the […]
Update for July 29, 2021
Yesterday was my first treatment of radiation. The session was 45min and they treated 3 spots in my spine and the one spot in my chest. I am feeling OK after the treatment. My back does have some pain I took some ibuprofen and it helped. Corrie and I decided […]
Update for 7-28-21
I want to thank everyone who have been praying and supporting me with this fight against thyroid cancer. At the end of June I had a PET scan to see if the radioactive iodine (RAI) was effective. On July 13th I spoke with my oncologist who told me the RAI was effective […]
Update for July 24, 2021
Last week was a busy week, so many doctor’s appointments. Tuesday I saw an oncologist and she talked about wanting to do radiation and referred me too radiation oncology. Wednesday I saw a head and neck surgeon he talked about doing the radio active iodine again and also agreed it […]
Update for January 18, 2021
I just left my post-op appointment with the surgeon. The pathology report shows that extracted lymph nodes were positive for undifferentiated insular thyroid cancer. They said it was isolated to that one spot and all the tissue and muscle around it tested negative. This is a very good thing, most […]
Update for 8-12-2020
This page will have all the updates for today’s surgery: 7:41AM: They just wheeled her off they will notify Trevor when they start. They are expecting 3 hours as long as plan A works. 9:37AM: UCLA has a system that sends text updates to Trevor. He received a notice that […]
Surgery Updates 7-31-20
My surgery has now been moved up to July 31st. It will be performed at UCLA by a thoracic surgeon. She will be going in through my left side with a scope to see if she can just get the affected tissue that way. If she cannot get it that […]
Update for 7-23-20
Today I got the call from my Thoracic surgeon. The spot that they biopsied came back positive for thyroid cancer. She wants to do surgery this September (2020). I have an appointment to talk to her in detail on Wednesday. They plan to perform the surgery at UCLA and they would be […]
Update for 7-17-20
Yesterday I went to do a new type of MRI, this MRI is a trail scan and is so new and that it is not covered by insurance. Monday, I was waiting to get the call to tell me the cash price and my anxiety was off the charts. That […]