Talk about going to extremes!!! My main thing with the radioisotope treatment is that the literature is trying so hard to cover all exceptions to the rule that it doesn’t tell you what to expect properly (like, am I going to feel like shit? I don’t know!), and is so condescending that two whole pages of text has no…

It did make me concerned that she might be three eight year olds in a trench coat.

I will do! It doesn’t hurt, but then again my thyroid only hurt because of what it was pressing against and was stuck to, I’m assuming a non-cancerous nodule would be uncomfortable for similar reasons.

TRANS-ATLANTIC SOUL TWINSIES!!!!

I knew about the thyroid = free prescriptions bit, but not about the blue badge - I probably qualify for one anyway (my spine and all other joints are completely FUBAR’d due to a genetic condition, I basically drag myself round on a crutch, however with my old GP I asked for a reference for a badge and Access To Work…

My lymph gland feels like a small kidney bean under my jaw. I’m going to mention it again to make sure the information gets taken into account, it’s better to be safe than sorry!

Thank you. I think I’m likely to have a straight forward just slightly unpleasant journey through the illness, having the Jezzie to fall back on has been very much appreciated! x

Thank you for taking the time to write all that! I guess I do set the bar pretty high for myself (but don’t expect the same from others), I think you know what the root of that sort of thing is - if you get yourself and your achievements constantly downplayed or claimed as someone else’s achievement*, you become…

Oh my god, I’ve just had a genius idea about if they press for any information - lie and say I don’t know yet, but lie so badly they know. There’s no way they can legitimately claim I deliberately ruined their holiday, yet the effect is felt!

Mwahahaha!

Oh yes, it’s apparently the “best” cancer to have (if there ever was such a thing), I reckon the worst I’ll feel for it is sore from the operation. I’m not sure how ill radioisotope therapy makes you feel, though, so the jury’s out on whether this is going to be a walk in the park!

LOL! I will have imaginary kitten gifs to go to sleep on!

Thank you! I very much love our NHS, every country in the world should have one!!

+1111111111 Monty Python points! <3 ! Thank you!

Thank you! They are turds of great magnitude, it comes to something where the prospect of telling them is more dreadful than having cancer.

The pied piper of HamDERP.

I like the thought of driving them crazy by omission. The dread at another round of victim blaming from them makes this a very attractive option.

Oh yes, when you do poop you’ll be made aware of how much pressure you’re using when you push! It’s quite uncomfortable. I wouldn’t say painful, just uncomfortable, so you might want to throw a laxative in to move things along, last thing you need is both ends throbbing after passing a 9lb Lincoln Log.

Possibly not, it’s to do with the effects of gaslighting on how you retain memories!

I’m sure they do, it’s the primary purpose of Macmillan Nurses to provide you with support and resources to help you get through a tough time. I’m quite relieved at the prospect of getting counselling without the same sort of waiting list as mental health referrals, I have had an awful two years and I can unpick that…