Chemotherapy and Weight gain

I always thought – thanks to TV and movies – that people going through chemotherapy lose weight.  Well, when I started to gain weight after starting chemo I asked my doctor why and she explained that with most cancers, yes, patients lose weight, but not with breast cancer.  Great!  I was finally starting to lose [...]

Pet Scan Led to Hypothyroidism Diagnosis

September 20, 2009:  Four weeks ago I had a PET/CT scan done.  It was ordered by my radiation oncologist, standard procedure at the end of treatment.  A PET scan, basically, looks for cancer in the body – from the neck down. It showed some “activity” with my thyroid.  No masses anywhere, though – good news!  [...]