Appointment with Endocrinologist
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Appointment with Endocrinologist
| Fri, 09-22-2006 - 8:51am |
Hi everyone! I have an appointment with an endocrinologist at the end of October and I was wondering what I can expect. Here is what I have been through so far (I have been on this board before, so some of you may know - I thank you for all the help I've had so far) for those that don't know, here it is:
TSH, T3 & T4 - all normal range
Ultrasound - showed a solid nodule of 2 cm in diameter, with other smaller nodules throughout my neck
Uptake & Scan - showed cold nodule(s) - I'm not sure if they used the plural or not
So, I'm just wondering how may others have been through this same set of tests with the same results and what your trip to the endo was like.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!
TSH, T3 & T4 - all normal range
Ultrasound - showed a solid nodule of 2 cm in diameter, with other smaller nodules throughout my neck
Uptake & Scan - showed cold nodule(s) - I'm not sure if they used the plural or not
So, I'm just wondering how may others have been through this same set of tests with the same results and what your trip to the endo was like.
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!

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My doctors didn't give me very explicit directions when it came to quarntine- so I decided it was easier to stay at a cheap hotel fri-sunday night just to be safe and had different visitors on sat and sunday-no small children though- and no hugs and kisses- but can sit across from other for an hour or so.
My body scan was exactly 28mins.
Wait and talk with surgen - my surgen was the one who did the fine needle biobsy, then for an answer on the biobsy - will take about 3 days- they need to freeze it to look for a certain type of cancer cell. If it comes back inconclusive they usually want to do surgery to be 100% sure it's not cancer, it's the only way to know for sure at that point.
Also as I said if you don't like what this surgen has to say a second opinion is always an option. Let me know how the biobsy test goes. Then we can talk some more.
sorry to hear they hurt you - they took three from me to make sure they got all representives of the nudles none hurt like you said on the first one and the others I felt the needle move around but no hurt- went right to work.
Did your possible surgen do the biobsy? Let me know - should only be a few days now though you might not find out till monday.
My potential surgeon was not the one who performed my biopsy. The doctor who did works at a radiology clinic by my house. It's where I had all of my tests performed - ultrasound, uptake and scan, and now the biopsy. It's basically an outpatient place so that not everyone has to go to the hospital. Unfortunately, it makes patients have to go through more steps in the process to recovery since I still have to meet with an endocrinologist and then a surgeon.
I hope I can find out the results on Monday or in the middle of next week. I'd like to find out on Friday, but I don't think that will happen.
Thanks for responding and helping me get through this. It's nice to talk to someone who understands.
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