In November of that year, Clough saw a lump on her neck and had it checked out. The early indication was that she had papillary thyroid cancer... But the procedure dragged on. When the surgeon updated Dorio nine hours later, the news was grim. The tumor had spread through the thyroid gland, onto the carotid artery and into the tracheal rings.
Tests revealed that Clough had anaplastic thyroid cancer, a far more aggressive form than papillary... But in just a couple of weeks, Clough and Dorio had gone from cruising through life to confronting death.
With her type of cancer, life expectancy is often measured in months rather than years... 'It was so hard to process, and I think my mind stopped me from processing it because it's just too overwhelming,' Clough said.
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