Meet Lauren who has been diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Initially Lauren was misdiagnosed after finding a lump on her neck, but as the lump grew Lauren went back to her GP who gave her a two week cancer referral. […]
Thyroid Cancer (11 films)
Featured Films
Here we are introduced to 19 year old Millie who explains how she was diagnosed with a hereditary condition called Cowden’s Syndrome which can increase the risk to certain cancers. Millie then chats about how she was later diagnosed with Thyroid […]
My unusual journey with thyroid cancer
In 2010, Abbie started college when she first started to become tired and withdrawn. Abbie’s parents thought she was just going through a rebellious teenage phase. Whilst Abbie was taking her AS Levels, Abbie visited her GP to have a blood […]
FYSOT ’14 – Abbie’s Story
Abigail, Frankie and Peter talk about how they told certain people in their lives about their cancer diagnosis. Abigail talks about how she told her best friend over the phone, Frankie was more worried about telling her mum as her […]
Friends & Family
Once you’ve been given the good news of cancer free, what’s it like to live with the fear of possible relapse? Four young people share their thoughts on how they deal with this anxiety, Rhiannon believes you shouldn’t live in […]
Fear of relapse
We hear about three major body image issues during this film. Rhiannon talks about how she loved her long hair before treatment and how she shaved it off to prevent it from falling out in clumps. Rhiannon also talks about […]
Body Image
We hear from Abigail and Peter who talk about what they found frustrating and angering during treatment. Peter felt like certain health professionals were treating him as a bunch of symptoms rather than a person, whereas Abigail struggled with “Why […]
Anger & Frustration
Lauren is back and is explaining why she’s just had some more surgery in Lauren’s final update.
The Papillary Thyroid Cancer Diary The Final Update
It’s time for a quick catch up with Lauren who is about to go into hospital for her radioactive iodine treatment. Lauren fills us in on the side effects of having no thyroid and how the most difficult thing to […]
The Papillary Thyroid Cancer Diary Continues
Meet Lauren who has been diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Initially Lauren was misdiagnosed after finding a lump on her neck, but as the lump grew Lauren went back to her GP who gave her a two week cancer referral. […]
The Papillary Thyroid Cancer Diary
Faye had to spend three days in isolation on Christie’s Young Oncology Unit, somewhere were she was used to seeing as an outpatient but not as an inpatient. Faye explains the difference between being treated on an adult ward to […]
“If I had to pick a cancer, I’d pick yours” – Part Two
When Faye was born she had a small red patch on her neck which her parents noticed was getting bigger, eventually it got so big it began to press on Faye’s windpipe so the decision was made to give Faye […]