Please try not to worry. I'm not a nurse but I had thyroid cancer just under 5 years ago and firstly, most thyroid biopsies do not find cancer. Something like 95% of them find nothing worrying.

And even in the worst case scenario, if it IS cancer, and the odds are probably against it, most forms of thyroid cancer are not what you might be imagining when you hear "cancer." The most common forms have a survival rate well over 90% and rarely require ongoing treatment.

It's basically a case of removing your thyroid and maybe some lymph nodes if it has spread to them. I was back at work a month after my operation and really, the only problems I've had since are some tingling in my neck and occasional issues with calcium levels that are easily fixed with calcium tablets. Yeah, I take tablets each morning to replace my thyroid but that's all. I just swallow two tablets .

Please try not to worry. I'm not a nurse but I had thyroid cancer just under 5 years ago and firstly, most thyroid biopsies do not find cancer. Something like 95% of them find nothing worrying.

And even in the worst case scenario, if it IS cancer, and the odds are probably against it, most forms of thyroid cancer are not what you might be imagining when you hear "cancer." The most common forms have a survival rate well over 90% and rarely require ongoing treatment.

It's basically a case of removing your thyroid and maybe some lymph nodes if it has spread to them. I was back at work a month after my operation and really, the only problems I've had since are some tingling in my neck and occasional issues with calcium levels that are easily fixed with calcium tablets. Yeah, I take tablets each morning to replace my thyroid but that's all. I just swallow two tablets .

Thank you I'm abit nervous for the biopsy I suffer with anxiety around hospitals ect. I had a scan 3 weeks ago and worried myself so much I nearly passed out. :(