In the summer of 2023 I found a lump on my neck.
A few weeks later came the call - stage 3 thyroid cancer. I had surgery. They removed my entire thyroid, four masses, and six lymph nodes. The largest tumor was 3.5 inches long.
Then came the call I wasn't expecting. The radioactive iodine treatment failed. My body wasn't absorbing it.
I was in the 2% of patients where the standard protocol simply doesn't work. My oncologist offered three options - none of them a cure.