ETHANOL KILLS CANCER!!

Imagine a world where you get diagnosed with cancer that has metastasized to your lymph nodes...and instead of that striking fear in your heart you figure - oh, no big deal.  A shot of alcohol into the cancerous lymph node and you are good to go.  No surgery.  No chemo.  No radiation.  Crazy, right?  No - this is my reality!!
I just got home from Mayo Clinic where I met with Endo number 4.  He was very pleased with the ultrasound - it showed the cancerous lymph node had shrunk by half and had no blood flow in it.  Combine that with an undetectable tumor marker and he said "it doesn't get much better than this!"  I agree!
I have three months off - in three months we retest everything.  We'll add Vitamin D to the test since that's tied in with the calcium and parathyroid hormone.  If I feel well and if the test in three months is OK, then the next neck ultrasound is in 6 months.
He is switching me from Synthroid to Tirosint at my request.  Hopefully that improves quality of life.  He did say that my calcium is hanging out at a value of 10.  Surgery is indicated after it gets to 11 or higher.  So I'm praying that it just hangs out at 10.  I don't want more neck surgery!!  He said he needs to test me further (more calcium blood draws over time) to get a feel for if my calcium is stable or creeping upwards.  At Mayo it's stable at 10.  If we factor in prior tests from U of Iowa, then it's creeping upward...but Mayo only trusts Mayo's lab.
Since the doc at Mayo is an Endocrinologist and therefore a diabetes specialist - I had him check my fasting sugar and my A1c.  My fasting sugar was good today - 94.  But my A1c was 6.0%.  From 5.7 to 6.4 puts me at risk for diabetes - prediabetic.  So, the next battle is to get that number down.
All in all I remain impressed with Mayo - although he did not test my T3 and refuses to.  He said the test has no value (disagree, strongly).  Oh well, small sacrifice to be switched to a doctor that caught the cancer and cured it vs. Endo number 3 who watched it cook under her nose for a few years.