Caroline Daw · Her Journey

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Every video is a moment of courage. These are Caroline's words, in her voice, on her terms.

08 Mar 2026

After a long wait get my 2nd histology opinion, everything is now mov...

After a long wait get my 2nd histology opinion, everything is now moving very quickly!! I was given my results on Wednesday, case discussed at MDT on Thursday and I was told the treatment plan on Friday. I've since had a flurry of phonecalls to book me in for everything 🙂 Pre-op ...

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06 Mar 2026

We finally have a plan of action with how to treat my thyroid cancer ...

We finally have a plan of action with how to treat my thyroid cancer 🙂 The first step is to have another ultrasound scan to assess the lymph nodes in and around my thyroid, just to make sure none of them look suspicious. This will hopefully happen next week Assuming that the scan...

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04 Mar 2026

Turns out the big nodule is neither Papillary or Medullary thyroid ca...

Turns out the big nodule is neither Papillary or Medullary thyroid cancer... Instead it is 'Poorly-differentiated High-grade Follicular derived non-anaplastic thyroid carcinoma', which is somewhere between Papillary and Medullary in terms of severity The small nodule is Papillary...

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03 Mar 2026

Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day! ENT have just phoned me t...

Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day! ENT have just phoned me to say thay the 2nd histology opinion of my thyroid is finally back and I've been booked in to a clinic appointment tomorrow morning to discuss the results 🙂 I've already been told the nodules were cancerous, one...

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01 Mar 2026

Sorry for my lack of replies to messages - I'm not feeling fantastic ...

Sorry for my lack of replies to messages - I'm not feeling fantastic at the mo and haven't really had the energy to reply, but I have read them and I do appreciate you all ❤️ It'll be good to get my thyroid function checked again and see if it's correcting itself or whether it ne...

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25 Feb 2026

The appointment for my small bowel MRI has come through much quicker ...

The appointment for my small bowel MRI has come through much quicker than we were expecting, so not long to wait! If anyone has had a small bowel MRI/MR Enterography, what solution did you have to drink? How was it? Do you have any tips/advice for which one to have and how to man...

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16 Feb 2026

I've swapped from Ensure Compact to Nualtra Altraplen Compact for my ...

I've swapped from Ensure Compact to Nualtra Altraplen Compact for my main oral nutritional supplements and they taste so much nicer! Ensure's are fine and they do the job, but if I'm being fussy then they taste fairly metallicy. For me the hazel-chocolate Altraplen Compacts just ...

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14 Feb 2026

This was the first physio session I'd had since my surgery where not ...

This was the first physio session I'd had since my surgery where not only had I not progressed in strength or stability, but instead had gone backwards in both aspects. This is because of lack of proper nutrition and energy meaning I haven't been doing my exercises as frequently ...

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12 Feb 2026

My 2nd histology opinion still isn't back, so it's unlikely that it'l...

My 2nd histology opinion still isn't back, so it's unlikely that it'll be back in time to be discussed at this week's MDT. My specalist nurse is chasing it, but no new information on that front My blood tests are back and there's good news! My Calcitonin is in a normal range, whi...

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09 Feb 2026

Not really an update, but I've had a few people messaging me checking...

Not really an update, but I've had a few people messaging me checking where things were up to regarding the thyroid cancer diagnosis and any further treatment, so I thought it would just be easier to make a video saying that I'm still in limbo land and have no new information! Ho...

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07 Feb 2026

That didn't go as well as I'd hoped 🙈 I'll try them a few more times ...

That didn't go as well as I'd hoped 🙈 I'll try them a few more times before making a decision as to whether to take them regularly, hopefully the first reaction was the worst! It would be really good if I can tolerate these because of how energy dense they are, but if they're goi...

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04 Feb 2026

Kinda mad to think that surgery was 4 weeks ago, it feels like it was...

Kinda mad to think that surgery was 4 weeks ago, it feels like it was much longer ago in some regards and much more recent in others... The scar is continuing to heal incredibly well 🙂 the redness has mostly gone and the 3Dness has decreased; it still sticks out a fair way which ...

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