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Spooky,

The thyroid cancer was discovered on a routine annual physical in May 2015. After some tests they found a tumor in the thyroid, around 1 cm, had just started metastasizing into lymph nodes. Stage 3 but it’s a 97% survival rate with that cancer. Surgery in July 2015 removed thyroid and 2 lymph nodes. I then received 157 millicuries of radioactive iodine and have been cancer free ever since. I got lucky on that, to be honest, just like I got lucky on my colon being removed when it was, with dysplasia and very close to perforating.

As far as the wisdom teeth, my father just had his removed at age 81 (which I don’t really understand why it was necessary but a doctor in Florida convinced him it was and a second opinion corroborated it, supposedly, despite no symptoms). So if I make it to 81 there may still be something more to take out of my body.

I mentioned that as a joke because at the time I had my thyroid surgery, I mentioned to my surgeon’s assistant that I had both colon and thyroid removed and I was wondering what else could be taken out of my body. She was a young woman in her 20s and without missing a beat she said to me, “how about your wisdom teeth?” I was impressed with how spontaneous her reply was and we both laughed.

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