I am doing much, much better. My neck is still feeling rather crazy and in some sense, I have more localized pain along the huge surgery site than I did before because my nerves are healing.

However, my overall self is feeling pretty close to normal. The neck can be distracting but not in a way that disrupts my normal life. I also had an adjustment to my thyroid hormone replacement - I was feeling pretty tired and seriously depressed for a bit. Tests showed my thyroid hormone levels were low. Now, with adjustment, I feel pretty durn good!

Since my last scan, neither my radiologist or my endocrinologist have said much. Must mean things are coming along as expected. Also, my last checkup with surgeon went well - everything I am feeling is normal and within the boundaries of typical scenarios for type of cancer and procedures I had. In a few weeks, a thyroglobulin test will determine if my residual thyroid activity is fully ablated. If not, I might have to go through one more single low dose of radioactive iodine. If not, then I am done with treatment for now and I will be having scans done every year for awhile.

Thanks for asking. I haven't said much lately which means I have been busy which is a very good thing! My big 4-0 comes up at the end of the week also. Phew - what a year that was!
Peace.
MC