Morning Tuesday 30th of August

RedCherry · 2011-08-30, 11:52 AM

Morning all. Just doing some mundane chores and answering questions on threads, etc. Getting ready to start work.

Found out yesterday my son has cancer. Man, he is only 30 years old, that is way too young. I guess the only good thing is it is thyroid cancer (he doesn't know the stage) but it has a pretty high survival rate. They are bringing out a petscan to scan him for cancer anywhere else. His dad had goiters removed when he was about Austins age. Not sure if there might be any hereditary factors at work there.

He had his thyroid removed a few months ago, because it was full of nodules. He was originally told they were all benign, but found out two days ago, that wasn't the case. And he is in West Virginia and I'm too poor to fly out to be with him right now, and that just kills me. I'm thankful for cellphones and facebook for keeping touch. Sounds like if they find the cells anywhere else they can give him radioactive iodine most likely orally, and it will target the cells which is pretty good.

So just waiting and seeing what he petscan results are, and praying they caught it all in his thyroid and it didn't spread.

Have a good one all.

2011-08-30, 11:52 AM	#1
RedCherry Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Middle of the Desert, Pahrump, NV Posts: 3,187	Morning all. Just doing some mundane chores and answering questions on threads, etc. Getting ready to start work. Found out yesterday my son has cancer. Man, he is only 30 years old, that is way too young. I guess the only good thing is it is thyroid cancer (he doesn't know the stage) but it has a pretty high survival rate. They are bringing out a petscan to scan him for cancer anywhere else. His dad had goiters removed when he was about Austins age. Not sure if there might be any hereditary factors at work there. He had his thyroid removed a few months ago, because it was full of nodules. He was originally told they were all benign, but found out two days ago, that wasn't the case. And he is in West Virginia and I'm too poor to fly out to be with him right now, and that just kills me. I'm thankful for cellphones and facebook for keeping touch. Sounds like if they find the cells anywhere else they can give him radioactive iodine most likely orally, and it will target the cells which is pretty good. So just waiting and seeing what he petscan results are, and praying they caught it all in his thyroid and it didn't spread. Have a good one all. __________________ Our 3D Comics and Props on Renderotica