Hi they so sorry to hear you going through this . I have been through similar situation which I like to share . I had half my thyroid removed on right side on the 19 th of December it was 7. 9 centimetres in size and it came hi as follicular cancer  I was due to have left removed in January but developed a blood clot on lung so it hade to but no 3  months while I was on blood thinners . I received surgery on left side the 1st of June and and was over the moon results came hi on that side clear I'm awaiting appointment to see if I need RAI , my lyphm nodes are swollen in neck and get tingling in feet hands and face which is caused with calcium . I have also been told that I may need to go to speech therapy because voice is still very hoarse , but apart from all of that I'm doing well if you need to talk just drop me a line I'm happy to help if I can xxx

Debbie 

Hello, I'm glad you are doing well after your operation. Im in a similar situation i have a 5cm nodule on my thyroid and having a biopsy tomorrow.  Did you have a biopsy and have to wait long for your results. Im quite dreading this and the wait. It would be good to chat to someone who has been through this. Wishing you all the best X

Evie grace I have a nodule on my thyroid and I had a biopsy,they say it's a 10 day wait for results, the thing is they got results but didn't give them to me untill 6 weeks later through a telephone consultation, that was Friday just gone only to b told that they need to do another biopsy coz they didn't get a good reading. So now I have to wait 3 weeks for another biopsy. All this waiting is doing my head in. I have convinced myself there is something seriously wrong.I'm a worrier and this is not doing me any good.

I can totally understand your worrying. I just spent months panicking over a possible health issue which turned out to be completely minor. However, having had thyroid cancer, I can reassure you that even if you do have it (and you probably don't; most nodules are benign), it's not really what you might be thinking when you hear cancer.

I had my thyroid and a number of lymph nodes removed, was in hospital for a week and felt pretty much OK by the end of that week. I went back to work after a month and had radio iodine treatment to prevent recurrence some months later. This just basically meant taking a capsule, once. It is kind of annoying as you have to be in isolation for a couple of days afterwards and there are restrictions on your movements for about two weeks as you are radioactive, but it's not painful or ongoing. And it's not even done in all cases. I had a very large nodule (10.5cm in total; 6.7cm malignancy) and some spread to lymph nodes, so probably a more serious case that average. But even that wasn't too bad.

To be honest, the worst part is the worry.

I can totally understand your worrying. I just spent months panicking over a possible health issue which turned out to be completely minor. However, having had thyroid cancer, I can reassure you that even if you do have it (and you probably don't; most nodules are benign), it's not really what you might be thinking when you hear cancer.

I had my thyroid and a number of lymph nodes removed, was in hospital for a week and felt pretty much OK by the end of that week. I went back to work after a month and had radio iodine treatment to prevent recurrence some months later. This just basically meant taking a capsule, once. It is kind of annoying as you have to be in isolation for a couple of days afterwards and there are restrictions on your movements for about two weeks as you are radioactive, but it's not painful or ongoing. And it's not even done in all cases. I had a very large nodule (10.5cm in total; 6.7cm malignancy) and some spread to lymph nodes, so probably a more serious case that average. But even that wasn't too bad.

To be honest, the worst part is the worry.