As tears run down my face and my heart beating fast and the thought of losing my mom running through my head. A cancer of the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland at the base of the neck.The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland located in the front of our necks. It stores and produces hormones that affect the function of virtually every organ in our bodies. The thyroid hormone regulates our metabolic rate and is associated with modest changes in body weight and energy levels.
On January 12th, 2017 my mom was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. My mom, my sister and me were in the car about to go into the grocery store when my mom received a call from the cancer treatment center of Philadelphia , they had results from a few tests my took. When the call ended my mom suddenly dropped her phone and began to cry. I could only imagine what they said and what was going on with her body. During this
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We sat many hours while my mom got tests done. Before she went into surgery we got to see her . Walking in that room and seeing my mom was the hardest thing ever to see her going through this was heartbreaking. My mom is such a motivation person she strives to be happy everyday and constantly has a smile on her face. We said our goodbyes and walking down those halls was one of the hardest things I ever experienced i would have never guess that my mom would be in one of those hospital beds because she had cancer. All that was going through my head was what if my mom doesnt make it? What if my mom doesn't make it? Each child have a close relationship whether it's with your mom or dad but i've always had a close relationship with my mom i was always b y her side and never let her go. After waiting a few hours we got the call that she was done. We made our way back to her room, to be honest she look horrible she looked so sick and unhappy it was so hard seeing my mom like
The thyroid gland is located in the anterior, middle portion of the neck. Many of the bodies’ hormones come from the thyroid. According to Porth 2011, “the thyroid hormone increases the metabolism and protein synthesis in nearly all of the tissues of the body.” (p. 784). When these hormones are not regulated, a thyroid disorder develops such as hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
Thyroid cancer starts in the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located in the front part of your neck below just below your Adams apple. The thyroid isn’t really that noticeable making it very difficult to be felt for. Your thyroid gland controls thyroid hormones that help to regulate metabolism, mine works as slow as state government. On occation there can be too much or too little hormones produced which can cause all sorts of other problems. The thyroid also control how the body utilizes calcium. (American Cancer Society, 2012)
The thyroid gland makes hormones that control the way every cell in the body uses energy. It is located in your neck and is the factory that makes the thyroid hormone T3 (Porth, 2011). It’s job is to wait for orders from the administrators of the body, the brain, to tell the thyroid how much T3 to release for the energy the body needs
Thyroid cancer starts in the thyroid gland, which is located under you Adam’s apple at the base of your neck. The described appearance of cancer in the thyroid is nodules, small or large bumps where the thyroid is, that you can feel. According to Cancer.org, about 1 in 20 nodules are cancerous in humans.
The thyroid gland plays a major role in the endocrine, thyroxine, triiodothyronine and metabolism system. The gland can be found in the front of the neck and above where the collar bones meet. The thyroid gland controls the body by releasing T4 and T3 hormones. Controlling metabolism plays an important role when regulating mood, weight,
...rrifying when I found out that he had MD. He was unable to walk properly and his muscles deteriorated to a large extent. His whole life was changed and I remember me and him crying for long periods.
In December of 2010, my grandmother was diagnosed with a severe case of Mesothelioma. This news was incredibly overwhelming for my family because the oncologist said that the cancer had proliferated, and there was not much he could actually do. Later on, we found out she only had three more month to live. My grandma underwent chemotherapy for almost two months, but her condition worsened significantly. The oncologist demanded how her treatment plan would carry on, and never offered my grandma any choices. I wondered why my grandma was getting worse as the days went by. My fam...
The thyroid gland is part of the endocrine system, and it is controlled by the pituitary which is known as the “master gland” of the endocrine system. The pituitary controls the thyroid by producing Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) which stimulates the production of thyroid hormones. . The thyroid gland secretes two main hormones: Thyroxine (T4) and Tri-Iodothyronine (T3). These hormones increase metabolic rate, heat production, oxygen consumption, appetite, growth hormone secretion, alertness and quicker reflexes. The thyroid gland is located in the anterior portion of the neck, beneath the Adam’s apple. It is divided in two lobes on either side of the windpipe: right lobe and left lobe. These lobes create what looks like a butterfly shape. The gland is essential to the contribution of maintaining the homeostasis of the body. It plays a role in monitoring the body’s expenditure of energy and running the body’s metabolism.
Living our busy lives no one else in the family could travel to Houston. Grandma was a strong woman. She could overcome anything and cancer was not going to defeat her. When she arrived at the hospital the doctors took a cat scan and figured out that she had stage four melanoma skin cancer. While my mother and grandma were at M.D. Anderson I was at home living a normal life just starting my first high school basketball season. Every night I worried about how she was doing not thinking about my school work or my athletics. A couple weeks later I called grandma and asked her how she was doing and she assured me that everything was going to be okay and that I should not worry about her. That’s how she lived. She never put herself first in any situation and family and friends were her main focus. Grandma would do anything to make her grandkids happy. I told my grandma I loved her and hung up the phone. The next day at school I looked up the percentage of people killed by melanoma skin cancer and the results were not good. One person dies of melanoma every 54 minutes. When I got home that evening I told my dad that I needed to be in Houston with my grandma. He said he didn’t think that he could make it happen with his busy schedule. I called my mom upset realizing that
while, being as he was rushing to Cooper Hospital to see my mother. At this
I, of course, knew my mother as a mother. As I have reached adulthood and become a mother myself, I have also known her as a friend. My mom shared much of herself with me, and I saw sides of my mother as she struggled with her cancer that I had never seen before, especially her strong belief in positive thinking and the importance of quality of life. I was privileged to know so many facets of my mother, but certainly I did not know all. There were parts of her life that I didn’t see, relationships that I didn’t know about. Last night, at the wake, so many stories were told to me about my mom’s strength, courage, humor, kindness, her quietness, her loyalty as a friend. It was so special to hear of these things that my mom said and did, to know some of these other parts of her life. I hope that her friends and family will continue to share these stories with me and with each other so we can continue to know and remember my mom.
A butterfly inside the base of your neck, with 2 wings laying each side of your windpipe. Right. That’s how your thyroid gland closely looks like. Although pretty small, yet, it virtually takes a mighty and most significant role in your body and influences the functions of the lifeline organs including the heart, brain, kidneys, liver and skin. When the thyroid gland functions properly and secretes the thyroid hormones as per the body’s demand, you are vitally healthy.
This for most people would be too much to endure, but she did. Even after this heartbreak she continued to excel as a woman of high moral caliber, a mother and a professional. I am inspired by the strength and positivity of my mother-in-law and have realized that I too am capable of overcoming circumstances in life which may seem like too much. She has taught me that there is always a reason to go on and to continue to
The thyroid gland is a gland in the endocrine system. It helps to make and store hormones that help regulate one’s heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and the rate at which food is converted into energy. The thyroid hormones help every cell to function appropriately in the body. They help to regulate growth and the rate of metabolism in the body (Thompson, 2007). Without thyroid hormones we would not be able to function properly nor would children be able to physically mature and develop. The thyroid gland is located in the lower part of the neck, (in the male below the Adam’s apple), and wraps around the trachea. Its shape looks like a butterfly’s two wings (lobes) attached by a middle part called the isthmus. It usually weighs less than one ounce. The color of it is a brownish-red tone and it contains many blood vessels. Nerves are important for voice quality so that is able to pass through the thyroid.
It was the first day she had chemotherapy that the impossible happened-the roles were reversed. I had to become the stronger one and be right by her side, so that way she knew she wasn’t alone and everything was going to be alright. Walking into the hospital on the cloudy but hot day in August, was the day I had been dreading since June, when we found out the most