{"id":18147,"date":"2024-06-13T15:17:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/thriving-after-thyroid-cancer\/"},"modified":"2024-06-13T15:17:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:17:30","slug":"thriving-after-thyroid-cancer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/thriving-after-thyroid-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Superar el c\u00e1ncer de tiroides"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mientras se afeitaba, se dio cuenta de que un lado de su cuello era bastante m\u00e1s grande que el otro. \"El d\u00eda anterior estaba totalmente igualado en ambos lados\", explica. \"Parece que algo ocurri\u00f3 de la noche a la ma\u00f1ana para causarlo\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Con las prisas, \u00e9l y su prometida se hicieron las fotos y Brian acudi\u00f3 a un centro de urgencias al d\u00eda siguiente. El m\u00e9dico y el asistente m\u00e9dico del personal no pudieron darle ninguna respuesta. Sugirieron que podr\u00eda tratarse de una ETS y pidieron an\u00e1lisis de sangre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Esto me pareci\u00f3 mal, as\u00ed que busqu\u00e9 un consejo mejor\", dice Brian. \"Estaba entre m\u00e9dicos de atenci\u00f3n primaria, ya que acababa de mudarme a la zona\". Por suerte, ten\u00eda una visita como paciente nuevo con Dr. William Blair<\/a> de Southcoast Physicians Group la semana siguiente, as\u00ed que plante\u00f3 sus preocupaciones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Dr. Blair actu\u00f3 de inmediato, ordenando ecograf\u00edas y biopsias. El diagn\u00f3stico no se hizo esperar: carcinoma papilar de tiroides, el tipo m\u00e1s com\u00fan de c\u00e1ncer de tiroides. c\u00e1ncer de tiroides<\/a>que se hab\u00eda extendido a los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos. Brian ten\u00eda entonces 23 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fue remitido a Dr. Keith Baldwin<\/a>, cirujano de Southcoast Health especializado en cirug\u00eda tiroidea y oncolog\u00eda quir\u00fargica. Su madre y su marido acudieron a la consulta con \u00e9l y se sintieron c\u00f3modos de inmediato. \"Todo el mundo en la consulta era acogedor, atento y tranquilizador; todos parec\u00edan preocuparse de verdad por sus pacientes\", recuerda Brian. \"El Dr. Baldwin lleg\u00f3 con una energ\u00eda tan c\u00e1lida y tranquilizadora que hizo que una situaci\u00f3n aterradora fuera mucho menos aterradora. Escuchar que realiza innumerables cirug\u00edas de tiroides anualmente realmente nos hizo sentir c\u00f3modos y confiar en \u00e9l.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Un mes despu\u00e9s, el Dr. Baldwin le practic\u00f3 una tiroidectom\u00eda total con disecci\u00f3n radical modificada del cuello para extirpar la masa de 9 cm. Aunque su caso era muy complejo, Brian se recuper\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente, tomando s\u00f3lo dos semanas de baja laboral. En poco m\u00e1s de un mes hab\u00eda vuelto a la normalidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despu\u00e9s de la cirug\u00eda, Brian requiri\u00f3 Terapia con yodo radiactivo (RAI)<\/a> para eliminar cualquier c\u00e9lula cancerosa tiroidea restante. El Dr. Baldwin le remiti\u00f3 a Dra. Amy Anderson<\/a>La doctora Kathleen, Directora M\u00e9dica y Jefa de Endocrinolog\u00eda del Southcoast Physicians Group, le recomend\u00f3 que continuara su tratamiento, y desde entonces ha sido su paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cuatro a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de su operaci\u00f3n inicial, todo parec\u00eda ir bien hasta que el Dr. Anderson detect\u00f3 algunas anomal\u00edas en los an\u00e1lisis de sangre de Brian. Se someti\u00f3 a un amplio espectro de pruebas, entre ellas una gammagraf\u00eda corporal completa con yodo, tomograf\u00edas computarizadas y PET y una biopsia. El c\u00e1ncer hab\u00eda reaparecido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Una vez m\u00e1s, estaba de nuevo con el Dr. Baldwin, recuper\u00e1ndome de una segunda operaci\u00f3n\", dice Brian. \"La incisi\u00f3n era mucho m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a esta vez y me cur\u00e9 r\u00e1pidamente. A las 48 horas ya me sent\u00eda lo bastante bien como para conducir. Ahora estoy en los siguientes pasos de otra ronda de tratamientos RAI\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoy, Brian dice sentirse muy bien. Toma medicaci\u00f3n para sustituir la hormona tiroidea que su cuerpo ya no produce. \"Not\u00e9 una gran mejor\u00eda en mi estado de \u00e1nimo, probablemente una se\u00f1al de que el c\u00e1ncer estaba causando m\u00e1s problemas con mis hormonas de lo que pensaba\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pesar de su calvario, Brian se considera afortunado y dice que su experiencia le abri\u00f3 los ojos. \"El c\u00e1ncer de tiroides es uno de los m\u00e1s tratables y, aparte de tener que tomar una pastillita cada ma\u00f1ana, mi vida puede seguir como antes. Esta experiencia me ha ense\u00f1ado a vivir la vida al m\u00e1ximo y a no dar nunca un d\u00eda por sentado.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Dr. Baldwin se alegra de que Brian est\u00e9 tan bien. \"La responsabilidad de cuidar a alguien de la edad de Brian - con c\u00e1ncer de tiroides avanzado - no es algo que tomamos a la ligera\", dice. \"Debido a la calidad del programa de tiroides de Southcoast Health, somos capaces de proporcionar atenci\u00f3n de clase mundial a los pacientes m\u00e1s complejos, aqu\u00ed mismo en nuestra comunidad - y estoy muy orgulloso de eso.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian dice que est\u00e1 deseando que el Dr. Anderson le confirme el visto bueno y a\u00f1ade con una sonrisa: \"Por mucho que me gusten el Dr. Baldwin y su equipo, \u00a1espero no tener que volver a entrar en ese edificio!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la atenci\u00f3n oncol\u00f3gica de Southcoast Health, visite Oncolog\u00eda oncol\u00f3gica Southeastern MA | Southcoast Health<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4668,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18147","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThriving After Thyroid Cancer - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cThyroid cancer is one of the most treatable forms of cancer, and aside from having to take a little pill every morning, my life can go on as it was".\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/thriving-after-thyroid-cancer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thriving After Thyroid Cancer - 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