Hi frens -
In a group text with my siblings. Got a text stating my niece was doing fine after surgery. (I had no idea she was being operated on. As a disowned anti-vaxxer I don't get much info these days. Anyway, all I knew before is that she was vaxxed and boosted, as is her child, and a masker, etc,.) When I asked what happened I was told she had a goiter in her neck and had to have her thyroid removed. This makes 3 of my family members who were previously healthy, got the shot, and all 3 had/have a destroyed thyroid. Only two of the three are still alive.
I'm seeing multiple different cancers in a patient at one time, ex. lymphoma and lung cancer. I have to say I cannot remember ever seeing this situation before 2021. I have seen patients who have had different types of cancer but at different times and one at a time. This week I have 3 coworkers who've lost a family member. That's fairly unusual too.
I work with oncology patients and I agree about seeing more than one primary cancer! We are seeing all kinds of bizarre things including a much younger demographic with cancers practically unheard of for their age group. I had my first ever 30 yr old w/ stomach cancer (never seen anybody or heard of anyone under 45-50 w/ that dx in over a decade) and our first 30 year old with a very rare and aggressive type of neuroendocrine tumor. Also had a 40 yr old, non smoker, get dx with NSCLC. I don’t know if I’ve ever had a 40 yr old smoker get dx with that or any type of LC for that matter, let alone a non-smoker. The way our clinic is set up, we’re always busy, but it just seems different now. Like an abnormal amount of new dx that we’re seeing every day makes us feel even busier than usual. If that makes sense.