T -9

Welcome to day T -9. While doing some work on an Ovarian Cancer patient today, I got to thinking: how might her outcome been different if she would have had aggressive treatment when first diagnosed. Now, ovarian cancer is particularly insidious, and thyroid cancer is not, but it made me realize that I am glad my surgeon is being thorough. Although I would like to avoid a total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine, I think I will be very glad that I did it all at the outset.

Many thanks for all the kind emails...especially to my friend Linda who wrote about her experiences with total thyroidectomy. It is so nice to hear from those who have been through it.