Advice please

Hi, my mum was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer in April.  She had her thyroid removed in May and is now waiting for the next stage of treatment which is the radioactive iodine tablet and then checks every 9months.  My mum was recovering well and we were thankful as a family, as explained by the oncologist consultant thyroid cancer is non aggressive and you can live a long normal live with thyroid cancer.  However 2 weeks after the operation, my mum has been suffering with lower back pain after 2 weeks of visits to the GP who assumed it was muscular and prescribed painkillers.  The pain wasn’t easing and my mum started to also have a urine  infection.  After 3 urine tests which showed signs of blood, she was referred for a scan on the kidneys and a cystolcopy.  On the day of both my mum had her scan and the nurses informed her during the cystolcopy she would receive the results. However during the cystolcopy they spotted a circle of blood which they said would need to be investigated further. The results from the scan came back fine.  She has a biopsy on 6th August.  The GP also sent her for an ultra sound last week where photographs of all her organs (not the heart) were taken and she gets those results this Friday.  The reason for the post was to ask if anyone else has been through this course of treatment and what were the results and also to ask from everyone else’s experiences if this seems the right course of action or if there is anything else we should be pushing or asking for? Thank you for reading. 

  • Just wanted to stop by and welcome you to the forum KirkB.

    I'm sorry to hear that your mum has been having this pain, but it's good to hear that the scan came back fine. Finger crossed for the biopsy. I thought I'd share some information on iodine tablet here. The related links on that page may also be useful to get a better idea of what the treatment entails and how to cope afterwards.

    I hope this helps and if you need any other medical advice you mum's team are the best people to speak to, but we have a team of nurses available should you ever need to talk to someone. You can call them for free on 0808 800 4040, lines open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

    All the best to your mum,

    Moderator Anastasia

  • Thank you for responding and for your kind words.  The X-ray scan came back 2weeks ago okay.  But we are still waiting on the results from the ultrasound which will be available on Friday and then biopsy is next Tuesday which we know are the two procedures which are carried out to rule out kidney and bladder cancer.