When Laura Freeman was 12 weeks pregnant with her second child, Sadie, a routine check-up uncovered a lump in her neck and was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer.
Being a doctor, she feared the worst straight away and she could spot the lumps on her scan immediately. After Sadie, now four, was born she had an operation to have the tumour removed and the surgeons found that it had not spread.
She was back on her feet not long after, but had an important decision to make - what to do next. The 37-year-old, from Glasgow, said: "After somebody has thyroid cancer, they are usually given radioactive iodine, a form of radiotherapy, to make sure it does not come back. "But that means you have to isolate for seven days after the treatment and
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