u/carameltartan

Have studied Law in the UK, 3 subjects to go, arrived here and was told that they don’t accept English law degrees!?

Anyhow, had to start again at the beginning at La Trobe, was not a good experience so have transferred to Deakin online LLB.

Can anyone tell me what it’s like?
In the UK we could discuss, debate, but here everyone is so terrified of getting cancelled they just sit silently and get told what to think.

So wanting to hear from other online LLB students?

Everyone says ‘it’s a manageable cancer’ but then you find out you have the tall cell variant, and the general PTC info may not strictly apply to you.

I’ve researched, I’ve read medical journal articles (the one that says RAI doesn’t affect survival rates for Tall Cell is confusing, does it only affect recurrence then?) and given AI my details in a bid to understand what I am experiencing.

But it doesn’t help.

Because I haven’t had my 6 week post TT thyroglobulin bloods yet (1 week to go) and so I haven’t no idea what’s going on, just that it’s not as easy as PTC to deal with.

Is there anyone out there with Tall Cell and who has had good experiences? I know I need to be positive and most of the time I am, then I remember I have tall cell and crash a bit…

I don’t like uncertainty, can anyone tell me an encouraging tall cell story?

It doesn’t feel real…

Had a TT 1 month ago and tbh wasn’t expecting much pain, so was surprised to find it was as actually quite painful.

The side of my neck that had lymph nodes removed and had the cancer on is still painful, the other side is painless. It feels like someone has kicked me in the neck, it comes and goes, worse when I talk a lot.

No swelling, no redness, no fever, incision looks perfect and barely noticeable but even under my chin feels tender to the touch.

I haven’t noticed people talk about their pain post TT, I’m wondering if having intermittent (sometimes not for hours) is common?

Hey, Not a Reddit forum I thought I’d ever be part of, but during a CT scan for something else in March 2026, I discovered I had thyroid cancer.

End of March 2026 had a TT (was offered partial but so glad I went with total as I would have had to go back in for completion) and neck dissection with one lymph node removed (it had spread).

Tumour was 1.8cm, it had spread marginally to lymph node and was the ‘tall cell’ variant. (Which my dr says has a ‘worse prognosis’ and is more aggressive…

Haven’t yet got back my 6 week post-op results so I don’t know what my thyroglobulin will be, but if it’s over 0 I have to have RAI, if not, then I can choose.

I’ve been told I am a marginal case, but it’s spread, and it’s tall cell, that doesn’t seem marginal to me.

At the moment I am leaning towards getting the RAI done, but I have read a study that RAI doesn’t make any difference if you have tall cell.

What would you do? RAI or not?

Thanks!