Is it "Good"? You decide...

So here are some stats about the "good" cancer that I have:

• Of all the thyroid nodules diagnosed, only approximately 5% are cancerous.
• Clinically detectable thyroid carcinomas make up less than 1% of all human cancers.
• Thyroid cancer is the 6th most common cancer in women.
• In 2009 in the US that 5% is projected to be approximately 37,200 [27,200 women, 10,000 men]
• Of that number, 80% are projected to be papillary carcinomas or about 29,760.
• Of papillary carcinomas, the particular rare type i have [cystic] is found in 5-6% of the cases so roughly 1,786 people in the US this year.
• The overal survival rate at 10 years is 80-95%.
• 5-20% have local or regional recurrences in 5-10years
• 50-66% of patients with papillary carcinomas have metastasis to the lymph nodes
• 10-15% have distant metastasis, usually into the lungs and bones

With the odds i've been playing so far, these don't look so "good" to me!

**statistics pulled from the American Cancer Society, New England Journal of Medicine, & National Cancer Institue.**