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| Fri, 08-04-2006 - 1:26pm |
Hi!
Another newbie!
I have read the posts for a few weeks now, and am read to post now myself. I found a lump about three weeks ago and saw my MD. Bloodwork showed normal thyroid levels and the ultrasound showed one cystic nodule and a goiter. My ultrasound-guided biopsy is in three weeks. It'll be done by a very experienced radiologist in the hospital.
My MD said that if it comes back "OK" we'll do the scan. I have read enough to know that the biospy isn't 100% conclusive. I am scared and I know I'm not alone. Your posts are so interesting. I haven't found one that is like me though. Is there? I am so "early-on" in the process. I realzie that. As so many of you have said - the worst is the waiting. I am all too familiar with that. But I'll talk about that another time.
With thanks
F

Hi Canadiangirl2006,
Welcome to our board.
I guess what I worry about is that my blood work is normal and it is a single nodule plus the goiter. So why did it form? I just think cancer every time I put those things together.
Hi canadiangirl2006!
I am new to this too! In June I found a lump the size of a golf ball on the right side of my neck. I went to Urgent Care because I didn't know what else to do and the doctor there referred me to a ENT doc. After waiting a week, I went to see him, he assured me it was fine, but sent me to have an ultrasound and needle aspiration biopsy.
I just had that done on August 1st. Word to the wise, if you haven't had it done yet, make sure you tell them you can feel the needle insertion, I didn't and it was definately uncomfortble. The radiologist told me the golfball was a fluid filled cyst and that I had a 1.9 centimeter sized nodule. However, I have smaller nodules and cysts on the left side as well. He told me this is a good sign, because cancer usually presents with a single larger nodule.
Anyway, a week later, my doctor called and told me some unsettling news, he had found folliculat cells. They are most commonly associated with goiters, but can also be a tumor. I am scheduled for surgery on the 30th of this month and I am frightened beyond all belief. I am a single mom with two teenage children, so I hold it together as well as I can. They are both aware, but I am trying to downplay the cancer possibility as much as possible. All my bloodwork came back normal from the biopsy, so I truly believe I am ok.
But, I know exactly how you feel, the waiting is excruiciating! I have been doing research nightly and found this board today, I have read almost all entries and I feel much calmer. Please feel free to respond back, since we are newbies to this, we can lean on each other.
My thought and prayers are with you!
Julie
I have struggled with energy, lack of weight loss, thinning hair, heavy periods for the past year. When I found the lump and had it assessed, it seemed that I would turn out to be hypothyoroid, it all made sense. But according to the MD, my bloodwork was normal. So then what? I was told that there was 1 nodule - not a good sign, I know. It's so aweful! I hate all of this!!
Thanks for the info - I'll keep you posted!