No real answer for you, but don't go beating yourself up about not asking. Everyone does that, and why it's good to get someone else in the room with you.

Call the consultant's secretary and see if you can get a wee phone appointment to answer your unanswered questions. They do realise folks heads are all over the place during appointments. They've always been very accommodating to my wife if she's needed questions after the event answered. You can only try.

Hi. I haven't had breast cancer but have had thyroid cancer and can tell you that thyroid nodules are extremely common and most are benign. Even most of those that are inconclusive are benign.

Sorry to hear you need surgery to have half your thyroid removed.

I will say that if it is cancerous and it probably isn't, thyroid cancer is not like breast cancer. It would really be just a matter of then removing the other half.

Hi I am currently having treatment for breast cancer finished chemo 4 weeks ago and starting radiotherapy on Monday, I am also estrogen positive.

I was diagnosed last September after finding a lump but had a negative mammogram, from this I had the usual biopsies etc and was referred for an MRI. 
I was absolutely devasted as the results shown something on my thyroid another lump in the same breast and something under my arm, as you can imagine I thought I was riddled with cancer.

I was sent for second look ultrasounds. It turned out that I had a large thyroid nodule but not cancer, the second lump was a cyst which they drained and the pathology done after surgery shown nothing in any lymph nodes.

I can understand how anxious you must be but there is every possibility it isn't what you are thinking.

I hope this gives you a little reassurance and I hope it all turns out well for you 

take care xx

Hello CazStu,

very interested in your previous post. I had a lumpectomy and ANC 2 years ago for Right hand side invasive ductal breast cancer ER+ and HER-.

I now have a 26mm solitary thyroid nodule seen under ultrasound as U3 indeterminate (cannot decide whether cancer or not). It’s been biopsied with a frustrating Thy1 inadequate result.  In parallel as a result of my annual surveillance mammogram, the breast team at the same hospital have seen 2 areas in my breast (now the “good” left hand side - one of which they have already biopsied and I am waiting for a result. The second area may need a biopsy under mammogram (not ultrasound) at a regional hospital as calcifications showing. I am waiting for a decision on this.

I think the thyroid team are aware they’ve taken 2 months to biopsy my thyroid nodule (nhs wait time). They know there’s an association being seen in studies between risk of breast cancer than thyroid(and vice versa).  Rather than just offer a repeat thyroid  biopsy - they have also offered to remove half of my thyroid. I have said yes to this and joined the queue for surgery yesterday (6 week wait).

In the meantime I wait for the results from the breast team (will either/both of these 5mm small areas in my “good” boob turn out to be cancerous? If so the breast surgery/treatment is likely to then take priority.

I see lots of studies talking about the link between thyroid and breast cancer. I’ve read one today about a possible link between thyroid treatment (thyroxine) and increase chance of Breast Cancer.

It could be all 3 areas are benign. It could be all 3 areas are cancer. Or anything in between!

what happened to you? I wonder if you are able to reply?

is anyone out there in similar situation?