Growth/nodule On Thyroid?

[frenchiemama]

I was at the allergist yesterday and he found a lump on the left side of my thyroid. I'm just on my way to get an ultrasound and (I think) a needle biopsy done (do that do that on the same day? I have no idea). I'm a bit nervous.

Anyone else had one? What ended up happening?

[chrissy]

my husband and i have both had thyroid nodules. kevin had one large one. they did an ultrasound, inconclusive---then a needle biopsy, suspicious---then he had surgery. they planned on removing half his thyroid and doing the frozen sample test. if it was cancer, they were going to remove the whole thyroid, if it wasn't they were going to leave half his thyroid. he still has half of his thyroid. a few years later i ended up with lumps in my thyroid. i didn't have to do any tests beyond the ultra sound. i had numerous, small lumps, so mine were not as suspicious. kevin and i are both on thyroid meds to shut down our normal functioning thyroids------it is supposed to keep us from developing more thyroid lumps.

[Rusla]

I had three on my thyroid. Four endocrinologists refused to see me because "they weren't big enough" yet. Then they would take them out. I got my non endocrin and non family doctor to give me synthroid and I got rid of them. Why could the other doctors say, "well let's see if we can get rid of them with synthroid," well, because they would rather do surgery then help you get rid of them.

[hez]

My doc found a nodule on my thyroid about 14 years ago. Had an ultra sound (don't remember what they found out), had some type of scan, then had a needle biopsy that came back clean. The ENT didn't believe the biopsy (can't remember why) and did surgery. Turns out I had cancer and a tumor on one side of my thyroid. They removed the entire thyroid and did some radiation treatment for follow up. I am now on synthyroid since I no longer have a thyroid.

I remember during all of this I was very scared. However, after going through it, it was not too bad. When I think of other cancers and treatment, thyroid cancer is the way to go. The most common thyroid cancer has a very high cure rate. There is another thyroid cancer that is rare and does not have the same cure rate (of course I cannot remember the names). The recovery from surgery was painful but the radiation treatment was painless with no side effects.

For me I was scared because I did not know what to expect. Plus the needle biopsy was happening two weeks before my wedding! No matter how curable a cancer is it is still scary for someone to tell you that you have it.

My advice is to get good doctors, do a little research (hopefully to demystify the process), and take deep calming breaths. In the mean time you will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Hez

[frenchiemama]

Ok. Well I'm back from the doctor. They did the ultrasound and took blood to check thyroid function, but didn't do the biopsy. I was a little confused, because the doctor made it sound like it was all done at the same time, but apparently he didn't order it.

Anyway, it's huge. Huge. Like walnut sized. I'm feeling a little freaked out. I hope that they get back to me soon.

[georgie]

I have nodules in my Thyroid and it got so large that I couldn't swallow food or talk. I take Armour ( natural) Thyroid meds to shrink the Thyroid and nodules. Its working great. Also Iodine. A goitre is a sign of Iodine deficiency. 50 mg Iodine or 8 drops of Lugols.

[debmidge]

in 1999 I had same diagnosis: thyroid nodule. Got a radioactive uptake test and it was a "cold" nodule; however throat surgeon wanted to do biospy but felt that nodule was too small and he could possibly needl biopsy good tissue and have a false negative. So. Opted for surgery biopsy was negative and he took out left side of thyroid and now I am on thyroid pills everyday for rest of my life to keep the thyroid from working and making more nodules.