My name is Emilie.
I was diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer on June 18, 2015 when I was 22 years old. I had a total thyroidectomy along with 22 lymph nodes removed and RAI. August 19, 2016 they said there was No Evidence of Disease.
A day before my one year anniversary of being cancer free they said my levels were increasing.
Finally, after numerous scans and blood tests, they found it... a small lymph node next to my trachea. Within 6 months it began to spread to other lymph nodes.
I had a Modifed Radical Dissection of the right neck where they removed 54 lymph nodes from the right side of my neck. Out of the 54 only 5 were cancerous. The radiologist questioned whether the RAI is working but they decided to give it another shot. Now my tonsils are lighting up on the PET scan...