Well, I was hoping to be one the December or January bandster wagon but unfortunately I received news yesterday that I have cancer. Papillary Thyroid Cancer to be exact. I'm going to be having surgery to remove my thyroid and any thyroid tissue as well as some lymph nodes and whatever else the tissue could be touching. I am pretty devastated by this news but at least I stopped crying. I hear it isn't so bad. And since it is my thyroid I was wondering if that is why I have a weight issue and fatigue and stuff and my doctor said no. But that makes absolutely no sense to me since the thyroid controls pretty much everything having to do with metabolism and hormones. But the weight issue should really be the least of my worries. Now I have to find a thyroid surgeon to get this thing going ASAP. It's weird, one day I'm a perfectly healthy 29 year old and the next I am a cancer patient. It feels unreal and shocking. Hopefully it will work out in my favor and I will lose alot of weight once this has been taken care of. And if not, I will be back with a veangance! LOL thanks to everyone for being so awesome and helpful with all of my questions and giving such great advice....you really are a great group of people! <3

_{Best wishes to you with your medical issues. Keep the positive attitude!}

Thank you Sue

Sorry to hear what you are going through My surgery was put back because of illness as well and it can be so discouraging but it gave me more positive attitude to kick the illness in the pants and move on to bigger and better things like having the lap band surgery and finally losing weight. Lots of blessings and positive thoughts for you

Best wishes to you during this difficult period. Cancer does not care who you are or where you come from or how old you are. It is a nasty horrible disease and it attacks when and where it wants with no limit to its destruction of the human body.

So sorry to hear that. I was recently diagnosed with Leukemia and can so understand what you feel at this moment. My Christmas wish for you is to beat this horrible thing called Cancer. God speed!!

I have been thinking about you! Sorry about the news. I am glad that it was caught and hopefully you will recover and be healthy fast. Miss you and if you need some support I am here! Please keep us posted and good luck!!!

Wow, I am sorry that you are going through all of this, I am so sorry. My prayers to you and yours, you will beat this and then have your band done!

best wishes for your cancer treatment. I hope you come through stronger and healthier and ready for the next stage of your life

Thank you do much everyone. So sorry to hear about your leukemia and you are in my prayers. I wish you the best of luck. Skinny mini I miss you too! Best of luck to you and your hubby on your surgeries! Hopefully I will see you all soon

I am so sorry to hear you are dealing with so much. I will keep you in my prayers.

I believe thyroid cancer is just in a nodule (growth) in an otherwise working gland, but can sometimes spread to the lymph nodes and other tissues. The good news is that papillary cancer is highly treatable. I did not have cancer but did have a nodule that was over producing thyroid hormone. I had radioactive iodine treatment (which you may well have after surgery--it was not a big deal) and now have minimal thyroid activity without medication. I take a thyroid supplement daily, and otherwise live a normal life.

You may be able to work with your endocrinologist to adjust your dosage to maximize your metabolism. I have worked with mine, he keeps me on the higher end of normal as that is where I feel the best. But remember, the higher your thyroid hormone levels run, the hungrier you feel. So, before I had treatment when my levels were running high-I ate to keep up with it and was one of the lucky few who could gain weight while in a hyperthyroid state. That was all before my banding--even before I considered WLS.

I wish you all the best in your cancer treatment. I hope you are through surgery and speeding on to recovery before you know it!

I'm so sorry to hear about this. Don't even worry nor stress about your weight right now. I pray everything goes well for you and will definitely keep you and your family in my prayers.

I am soo sorry for you! It just about broke my heart to read your post. I will be praying for you and your family during this time. Please know that we are all behind you through this journey and we ask you to keep coming back for strength and support!

Many blessings

Tira

I'm sorry to hear this also... I hope you get better soon! A couple of years ago I had a thyroid cancer scare also.... I went hyper for about 6 weeks TSH at 0, I lost 15 lbs and was fainting and sweating all the time. I had an ultrasound that showed 5 abnormal masses and a giant cyst, so I had a biopsy and that was a tough few days to wait for the results, which were negative. After more tests turns out my thyroid gland just burned out. But my doc did say that if it had to be cancer then thyroid was highly curable, so hopefully yours will respond to treatment and then this will be over soon. Stay strong!

Thanks everyone! I won't be able to have my surgery until January. Right now I'm researching surgeons that specialize in this. I will be having my entire thyroid removed as well as some lymph nodes and whatever else the cancerous tissue is touching. All of my blood work and hormone levels came back normal so I was very confused as to why this was happening... Until I had an ultrasound and all of that. I really am

Hoping that after it is removed I won't need WLS in the end and the weight will just naturally level

Where it is supposed to be but I'm not sure if that will happen. Thanks so much for all the support!