Thyroid tumors/growths, I have heard the largest percent is not dangerous: read:?

My friend is worried that the
lumps they are checking on her thyroid may be cancerous, but when I had thyroid
cancer 20 years ago, and had 1/2 my thyroid out, they told me that thyroid
cancer is rarely dangerouos. Is this still true ?
I had thyroid cancer, and I have found a great site for you to share with your
friend...two in fact. one is www.thyca.org, the national thyroid cancer site,
and it has great references to endos and surgeons (even if it is not cancer, you
want a great doctor). and the second is the yahoo health group for thyroid, and
the one for thyroid cancer (thyca)
there are 4 kinds of thyroid cancer, and two are very rare and extremely
dangerous. one was the kind that killed the supreme court judge afew years
back...the other two kinds are treatable. But not always easy, and yes, survival
rates for those two is about 95%. As you know, it is still the big C.

and as for you, are you still getting follow ups? protocals for thyroid cancer
have changed over the years, and now, they would have probably taken out the
whole thyroid, and if your cancer was over 1 cm they would suggest radiation to
kill off the rest of the thyroid tissue so you could be monitored by TG blood
tests. I hope that you are still following up on your health...just because it
has not reoccured yet, does not mean that at some point it will not. we have had
two ladies, one 20 years out and one 11 who just had it pop back up again.
I wish your friend and you good luck. please visit these sites.
I had thyroid cancer 11 years ago. Yes, it's true - it's seldom terminal. My
great Aunt also had thyroid cancer 80 years ago was completely cured of it.
It's one of the least aggressive cancers the most easily treatable. But - some
people still die from it, but rarely.

Do you live in the States? I ask, because I'm in Britain my cancer care seems
a little different to yours. After taking out 1/2 my thyroid gland, finding it
was cancerous, they had to do another operation to remove the other half, as
they didn't know how far the cancer has spread. Then I had radioactive iodine
because it showed lots of uptake, they did it again to make sure there was no
thyroid gland left.

My friend in Florida was only given radioactive iodine once. i guess because she
had no medical insurance they gave her the bare minimum (in Britain, all
healthcare is free). 5 years later, her cancer had returned. She was treated
again I hope she's ok now.

My biggest problem with thyroid cancer wasn't the cancer - it's that the
operation knocked out my parathyroid glands. So I have to take thyroxine
alphacalicidol daily they've never been able to get it right for me.

Also, one of the biggest risks in a thyroidectemy is that it can bruise or
destroy the nerves to your vocal chords. It can leave you voiceless! My nerves
were bruised. I could only whisper for 3 months, couldn't read stories to my
kids for 6 years had to give up singing teaching. My voice is normal again
after 10 years!