{"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\/pt\/news\/thriving-after-thyroid-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosperar depois do cancro da tiroide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quando estava a barbear-se, reparou que um lado do seu pesco\u00e7o era um pouco maior do que o outro. \"No dia anterior, estava totalmente uniforme em ambos os lados\", explica. \"Parece que algo aconteceu de um dia para o outro para causar isso.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 pressa, ele e o noivo tiraram as fotografias e Brian foi a um centro de cuidados urgentes no dia seguinte. O m\u00e9dico e o m\u00e9dico assistente da equipa n\u00e3o conseguiram dar qualquer resposta. Sugeriram que poderia ser uma DST e pediram an\u00e1lises ao sangue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Isto pareceu-me estranho, por isso procurei um melhor aconselhamento\", disse Brian. \"Estava entre m\u00e9dicos de cuidados prim\u00e1rios porque tinha acabado de me mudar para a zona.\" Felizmente, ele teve uma consulta com um novo paciente Dr. William Blair<\/a> do Southcoast Physicians Group na semana seguinte, pelo que referiu as suas preocupa\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Dra. Blair agiu imediatamente, pedindo ecografias e bi\u00f3psias. O diagn\u00f3stico foi r\u00e1pido: carcinoma papilar da tiroide, o tipo mais comum de cancro da tiroide<\/a>que se tinha espalhado para os g\u00e2nglios linf\u00e1ticos. Na altura, Brian tinha apenas 23 anos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ele foi encaminhado para Dr. Keith Baldwin<\/a>um cirurgi\u00e3o da Southcoast Health especializado em cirurgia da tiroide e oncologia cir\u00fargica. A sua m\u00e3e e o seu marido foram \u00e0 consulta com ele e sentiram-se imediatamente \u00e0 vontade. \"Toda a gente no consult\u00f3rio era acolhedora, atenciosa e tranquilizadora - todos pareciam preocupar-se genuinamente com os seus pacientes\", recorda Brian. \"O Dr. Baldwin chegou com uma energia calorosa e calmante - ele tornou uma situa\u00e7\u00e3o assustadora muito menos assustadora. Ouvir dizer que ele faz in\u00fameras cirurgias \u00e0 tiroide anualmente fez-nos realmente sentir confort\u00e1veis e confiar nele.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Um m\u00eas depois, o Dr. Baldwin efectuou uma tiroidectomia total com uma dissec\u00e7\u00e3o radical modificada do pesco\u00e7o para remover a massa de 9 cm. Embora o seu caso fosse muito complexo, Brian recuperou rapidamente, tendo faltado apenas duas semanas ao trabalho. Em pouco mais de um m\u00eas, ele estava de volta ao normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ap\u00f3s a cirurgia, Brian precisou de Terapia com iodo radioativo (RAI)<\/a> para eliminar as c\u00e9lulas cancer\u00edgenas da tiroide que restam. O Dr. Baldwin encaminhou-o para Dra. Amy Anderson<\/a>, Diretor M\u00e9dico e Chefe de Endocrinologia do Southcoast Physicians Group, para continuar os seus cuidados e, desde ent\u00e3o, ele tem sido seu paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quatro anos ap\u00f3s a sua cirurgia inicial, tudo parecia estar bem at\u00e9 o Dr. Anderson detetar algumas anomalias nas an\u00e1lises ao sangue de Brian. Foi submetido a um conjunto completo de exames, incluindo um exame de corpo inteiro com iodo, TAC e PET e uma biopsia. O cancro tinha voltado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mais uma vez, estava de volta ao Dr. Baldwin, a recuperar de uma segunda cirurgia\", diz Brian. \"Desta vez, a incis\u00e3o foi muito mais pequena e sarei rapidamente. Em 48 horas j\u00e1 me sentia suficientemente bem para conduzir. Agora estou a dar os pr\u00f3ximos passos de outra ronda de tratamentos RAI.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoje, Brian diz que se est\u00e1 a sentir \u00f3timo. Toma medica\u00e7\u00e3o para substituir a hormona da tiroide que o seu corpo j\u00e1 n\u00e3o produz. \"Notei uma grande melhoria no meu humor - provavelmente um sinal de que o cancro estava a causar mais problemas com as minhas hormonas do que eu pensava.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apesar da sua prova\u00e7\u00e3o, Brian considera-se sortudo e diz que a sua experi\u00eancia lhe abriu os olhos. \"O cancro da tiroide \u00e9 uma das formas de cancro mais trat\u00e1veis e, para al\u00e9m de ter de tomar um pequeno comprimido todas as manh\u00e3s, a minha vida pode continuar como antes. Esta experi\u00eancia ensinou-me a viver a vida ao m\u00e1ximo e a nunca tomar um dia como garantido.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Dr. Baldwin est\u00e1 feliz por ver Brian a sair-se t\u00e3o bem. \"A responsabilidade de cuidar de algu\u00e9m da idade de Brian - com cancro da tiroide em estado avan\u00e7ado - n\u00e3o \u00e9 algo que tomemos de \u00e2nimo leve\", diz ele. \"Devido \u00e0 qualidade do programa de tiroide da Southcoast Health, podemos prestar cuidados de classe mundial aos doentes mais complexos, aqui mesmo na nossa comunidade - e estou muito orgulhoso disso.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian diz que aguarda com expetativa que o Dr. Anderson lhe confirme um atestado de boa sa\u00fade e acrescenta com um sorriso: \"Por muito que adore o Dr. Baldwin e a sua equipa, espero nunca mais ter de entrar naquele edif\u00edcio!\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para saber mais sobre os cuidados oncol\u00f3gicos da Southcoast Health, visite Cuidados Oncol\u00f3gicos para o Cancro no Sudeste de 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=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thriving After Thyroid Cancer - 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