Hi, I'm new here.
In November I started getting pain on the left hand side of my throat, it felt swollen and it hurt to swallow. I went to the doctors and mentioned how for months before I also felt like there was always something stuck in my throat but it wasn't painful. He said my thyroid didn't feel swollen but he would refer me for an ultrasound 'to rule out anything sinister'.
After appointment letters were getting lost in the post, I finally had an ultrasound on 12th January. By this time the pain and swelling had gone. Exactly a week later I was getting missed calls from a private number and had a voicemail from my GP surgery. When I phoned back, they asked if I could go in for an appointment in the next hour. When I spoke to the GP she said there were two findings. I have a U2 and U3 nodule, the U3 nodule has blood flow. She referred me to ENT and also gave me a blood form. I had my bloods done, they were all clear.
I had my 2WW appointment with ENT just over a week later and the consultant did a physical examination but didn't seem worried and said he would refer me for a FNA. A letter I was copied into said the nodule is on my isthmus.
Two weeks later I had a FNA and a week after, I had an appointment letter to see the ENT consultant in a weeks time. I saw him today and he said the FNA results are normal but the nodule looks abnormal on the ultrasound. He instantly said he would recommend surgery and would explain what happens next. As I was asking him questions, he phoned the sonographer to look over the FNA notes. The consultant then asked me to go and have another FNA while I was there to make sure they've done everything they need to and he would see me in two weeks time to discuss the results. It sounds like even if the results are normal again, he will be recommending surgery.
While I was having the FNA, I asked the sonographer how it looks abnormal and she said it has calcification and is a U4 nodule. This is the first time I had heard U4 as I was told U3 previously.
I'm trying to process everything that's happening but it's a lot.
Is anyone else going through this or has anyone been through this?
