I had thyroid cancer a couple of years ago, it was dealt with by removing the thyroid, none of the other follow up treatments were considered necessary. The area of cancer was small but v close to lymph glands.
I've never been quite right since that op. in the last 10 months, things have been really up and down. I have had a number of sudden almost 'shut downs' of my body is the only way I can describe it. Severe exhaustion (unable to get out of bed for a week to 10 days, severe pain in left 'loin' area of back which then sets in on the right). This is accompanied by a total loss of appetite or even desire for fluids, though I force myself to drink enough water and have cups of tea with sugar in. It's a supreme effort to do this. Also, I have long bouts of nausea with it, they intensify with the pain too. And in the last 2 bouts of whatever this is, intense itching all over my body which is not relieved at all by antihistamines. The effort required for a shower is too much and exhausts me.
I have been to my GP each time these periods occurred. Sometimes a kidney infection has been present, sometimes it hasn't. Symptoms exactly the same and getting worse each time eg the itching only started during the last 2 bouts.
In between, I manage to rally a bit, but that pain is still always there, lurking, then seems to come out to 'play' when I try to get back into the swing of a normal daily pattern. My children are really noticing now and I hate that, I don't want them to, but I have to spend so much time in bed, it's inevitable.
My latest trip to the GP, a set of blood tests were done. They've come back and the receptionist said I'd been sent a letter to come and see the doctor. Letter not arrived yet (think went in yesterday's post) so I said, 'right I'll ring tomorrow at 8am for an appointment' because that's the surgeries rules, you can't book the previous day. The receptionist said, actually I can give you an appointment now for tomorrow morning. I've been with that surgery for 12 years and it does not deviate from its appointment rules. They repeat them over and over (can hear it when sat in reception listening to other calls coming in).
So now I'm thinking, 'Oh shit, it's cancer again, it must be otherwise why would they suddenly break their cast in granite rule?'.
I am scared. I am trying to be logical, and think it could be all sorts if much less serious things but fear is winning at the mo 
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