I was able to swap out my old phone for a new phone this afternoon. As a result, I was late for my ThyCa support group meeting this evening. I hate missing these monthly meetings, so at least I only missed 30 minutes. We had one new member, a lady that has been on her journey for seven years, the whole time battling hurthle cell carcinoma. I missed her intro, so I asked her about her diagnosis after the meeting. She said they caught it too late as it had already entered her blood stream - she has had metastasis to her bones and is currently receiving external beam radiation treatments in two of the affected areas. Wow. It was a lot to take in, especially since my 1-yr WBS and blood work came back clear. Now more than ever before I feel blessed that my thyroid cancer was discovered and treated as early as it was. There aren't that many ThyCans with HCC, so as much as I am glad to have other ThyCans with HCC in my support groups (local and listserv), it is really humbling to see someone on the extreme opposite end of HCC from me. She goes to MD Anderson for treatment, so I think I know which cancer center I will be heading to if I ever have HCC recurrence.
I was looking forward to taking my first neck photo with my replacement cell phone. I had high hopes for it, but guess what? - the red tinge is still there! So all I can think of is that it must be the lighting - maybe there isn't light enough in my bathroom? I'll try to take more photos at work, or elsewhere, I guess. It is just really disappointing that this seems to be an issue with the phone itself. Ugh! I can't be the only person having this problem.
Anyway, how does my neck look?
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