Doctor Thyroid Broadway Performer Says No to Thyroid Cancer Surgery → Surveillance Instead
Jun 9, 2021
46:40
Jody Gelb is a Broadway singer and actress. Six months ago she was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer, during a doctor's visit for an unrelated issue. This news sparked immediate research and discovering an alternate path that does not include surgery.
In this episode, the following topics are discussed:
- Broadway musical and tour
- Voice used during work as a performer, singing and acting
- Diagnosed with thyroid cancer while going to the doctor for a minor back strain
- MRI on back lead to discovery of thyroid nodules
- A scare, at one point being told cancer could be medullary
- BETHESDA scale
- Book by Dr. Gilbert Welch
- Incidental findings
- Watch and wait or active surveillance as an option to removing your thyroid
- Conflicting and inconsistent information from healthcare professionals to the patient
- Maximilaist or minimalist
- Cultivating a wherewithal to ask questions, even when being told something by a healthcare professional
- Dr. Atul Gawande
- Dr. Henry Marsh
- Choosing active surveillance and then feeling isolated or alienated
- Sharing selectively
- The importance of Google and Twitter and searching 'papillary thyroid cancer'
NOTES
Diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer and You Say No to Surgery with Dr. Louise Davies
1 in 3 People Die With Thyroid Cancer — Not From with Dr. Seth Landefeld from UAB
Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health
Jody Gelb