Dear Leslie, I am so sorry to hear of your mom. I hope things turn out okay and that the cancer is localized and the type that does not spread. If it is something that is the result of the nuclear testing I hope she follows through on the connection. I believe that we are just beginning to find out the effects of this testing - I think most was in the 50s and early 60s, although there may also have been some in the 70s. When I was growing up in the 60s, I met a friend who was convinced that her younger brother had contracted and died from lukemia because of this when they lived in Nevada. He said that they used to be able to see the aftermaths of the explosions.
L>As a side note- her thyroid cancer is a very specific one that is the same
PATCHogue, NY