IT is scary i got to have ultrasoubd next week can i ask do you feel like you choke and hard to take breaths in i hope all goes ok yes im getting panic atracks too bless you x

Not for an ultrasound. U will notice slight pressure for ultrasound when they hold the equipment against your neck but shouldnt be choking feeling or hard to breathe.

Hi I've had a lump in my neck for 18 years, they said hashimitos with goitre back then.

Went to gp in November as I felt it had grown and was causing discomfort. I am also getting regular palpitations. 

I had an us but they couldn't get a sample for fna as it is rock solid. 16mm in size

Ct scan showed gap for needle so had another us this week where they think they've found enough cells to examine. Waiting on results now but really just want this lump removed. My thyroid is apparently shrivelled up and tiny so I'd like it removed too. 

Not sure if I will even be offered surgery.

The lump is calcified almost the whole way round. They did a fna 18 years ago and said it was just lymph node cells.

They say uts probably benign but that doesn't stop you worrying

They told me the same - probably benign and that wasn't the case. Every case is different though.

You're nodule is small so that's a positive - is it just the 1 nodule and did they say which side it's on?

Its my left side, they said originally it was a multinodular goitre but I'm not sure now that they believe my first diagnosis is accurate. Seems like just one. 

Heavily calcified and I understand thats not an issue its the pattern of the calcification. Mine is smooth and apparently thats a good sign.  

I thought they would just remove it as its causing my discomfort now. I was told the results should take a week so I'm hoping to hear them next week and what the plan of action is. 

Not sure if there are any other symptoms if it is malignant? I get palpitations more often than I usually would. I've got a sensation of needing to clear my throat but that can just be thyroiditis. 

I've taken next week off work cause I know I won't be able to concentrate for the worry x

I had no real symptoms - looking back I felt like I need to clear my throat. My blood work was totally normal. Sometimes symptoms could mean you can have either hypo or hyper thyroidism which I think is a positive. I read somewhere that normal blood work is often the case in thyroid cancer cases.

I've been treated for underactive for the last 20 years. I'm full of autoimmune conditions, body just likes attacking itself! 

Alopecia universalis and hypermobility to go along with my autoimmune thyroiditis

X

Hi again, still waiting to hear about my results of the fna. That's 2 weeks now, can I ask how long you waited?

thanks 

Lorna x

Hi Lorna,

I waited 2 weeks to get the results of my biopsy.

Had to ring the hospital to send the results to my gp though. I'd ring and chase after them for the results for your own peace of mind.

Hope all goes well. X

Thanks, I called the consultants secretary today but she only works Monday to Wednesday I'll check with my gp tomorrow and call the hospital again on Monday.

Will let you know how I get on xx

Hi, I called the hospital today, the consultant had been on holiday so they thought the results would be sitting with him. His secretary said she would chase it up and I got a call to come to the results clinic. Its not til next Thursday though. By then it will have been 4 weeks. Not sure whether to take that as a positive as they're clearly in no rush xx

Hello

I had my appointment today with the consultant, the FNA came back as follicular neoplasia, he said it was abnormal but not definitive, he said the chance of it being cancer was still low.  I'm booked in for a hemithyroidectomy in 2 weeks time, they will send the sample away and I will know 2 weeks later.  

Feels like such a long way away until I find out.

Lorna xxx

Hello

I had my appointment today with the consultant, the FNA came back as follicular neoplasia, he said it was abnormal but not definitive, he said the chance of it being cancer was still low.  I'm booked in for a hemithyroidectomy in 2 weeks time, they will send the sample away and I will know 2 weeks later.  

Feels like such a long way away until I find out.

Lorna xxx