My history,

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Hi there, I am a sixty four year old woman, who has suffered from

acute tiredness, since the age of nine, when I was diagnosed with

T.B.I was off school for three years, after that I was always tired,

looking back this was the start of my thyroid troubles.age fourteen,

bad migraine headaches, long painful periods, after two children in

my twenties, had carpel tunnel operations on both wrists, caught

Mumps, very ill, then whooping cough, pneumonia twice shortly after

that, then asthma, in my thirties, had one year coughing up blood,

no diagnosis found, virtigo, hysterectomy, I found it very difficult

to work but always pushed myself. after seeing a Dr S.I became so

much better, but the endocrine at the hospital said I had M.E. but he

found a lump behind my right ear, I had to wait three months after

the biopsy, to find out if this Tumour was benign or not, I was told

it was benign, the surgeon then tried to remove it by cutting open my

rightside of my neck, but the tumour was too set into my perroted

area to be removed, so they stitched me up, and after that I had six

monthly scans to check the growth of this Tumour, I felt good so at

the age of sixty, could manage to work full time for the first time

in my life, so life was getting better. but not for long.

four years after that surgery, the tumour was growing, and was

blocking the back of my throat, but I had a complete hip replacement

first then one year later October 06 had my mandible cut open, to

remove this Tumour, this has to be the worst time of my life, no

wonder the Drs' do not like to do this op very often.My Asthma was

the worst it had ever been, and I had to fight with the medics to

keep giving me my Armour and thyroxine daily they had to crush these

and feed them through my tubes, after fifteen days I was discharged,

but had an urgent app two weeks later to see my consultant, to tell

me it was cancer, expleamorfic, grade three, so had to have

radiotherepy every day for six weeks, this really made me feel so

very ill on top of my surgery. I have had four different stents put

in my r ear because of glue ear, caused by this Tumour. But I know

without the help of my Dr.S. I would not be here today, and feel so

much better, I now take five grains Armour and 150 thyroxine daily,

to which my doctors still say I am over prescribed, I still feel

tired at times but know I am so much better, than I have ever been

in my life, so am very grateful for all I have. and all those nasty

symptoms I used to have have all disappeared. Thank you, kind regards

Louise.