[Quesita]

First of all, congratulations on your husband's successful treatment. Oddly, I have two friends and one acquaintance who have faced thyroid cancer in the past few years, and all have been successfully treated,

Each agency has different requirements and each country has its own quirks. I have not adopted from Ethiopia (I'm considering it for the future) but when I completed my adoption from Guatemala I had to do an extensive physical prior to my homestudy, and for the purposes of approval from the agency. Then, my paperwork for my Guatemalan dossier included something signed and notorized by my doctor stating that I was in "good health" and that I had tested negative for TB, AIDS and syphilis. I suspect that if I had had thyroid cancer in the past, the agency would have taken that into consideration, and once they realized that it is in fact completely "curable" it probably would not have been mentioned in my dossier paperwork if the doctor was willing to state that I was in fact in "good health."

Perhaps someone who has completed an Ethiopian dossier can speak more about the specific Ethiopian requirements.

I would suggest that you ask your agency if the cancer history is actually included in the dossier. Also, you might want to investigate a few different agencies, always being clear about your husband's history and treatment, and let them tell you if they think it is a problem, or if it is actually included in the paperwork that is submitted to Ethiopia.

It sounds like they think it will be buried somewhere deep in the homestudy, (not the health related documents that are part of your dossier) and that judges rarely read homestudies. Just to be safe, you would want to make sure that the wording in the homestudy is very carefully presented, perhaps including quotes from your doctor or even team of doctors.

Good luck to you and your family.