Cygfa
31-12-12, 12:20
Hello everyone,
I've not been on here for a long, long time... in fact I thought I had overcome my HA but it's back with a vengeance.
A couple of years ago, I found a lump on the back of my neck, showed it to my GP who said it's nothing. Then in the summer I went to see a hematology consultant and showed this lump to her also. She wasn't overly concerned but sent me for an ultrasound scan, which I had in October. The lump turned out to be nothing to worry about, however the doc that did the scan thought that my thyroid looked enlarged and scanned that, and found some nodules. I've had a thyroid biopsy on the 10th of December and no results yet, not even an appointment. My GP and all other medics I've seen seemed unconcerned, saying that they suspect a multi-nodular goitre, which is common, and that even IF I have thyroid cancer, it will be highly treatable. So I tried not to worry and I coped ok.
Anyway, before xmas I came down with a cold which is still not gone. So now my mind has gone into overdrive, thinking that I have the worst form of thyroid cancer and that it's affecting my immune system. I keep googling and checking my neck, and I'm really worried. The biopsy results were meant to be back within 7-10 days and my friend (a breast cancer survivor) said she thinks that if I had cancer, the results would have flagged up somewhere and my GP or so would have contacted me by now. But of course I'm thinking that my results got lost in the system because of the holidays. I'm just worried sick and driving myself crazy.
I'm sorry this is so long... just had to get it off my chest. Is there anyone else on here who has thyroid problems?
Thanks everyone, and Happy New Year.
Cygfa xx
I've not been on here for a long, long time... in fact I thought I had overcome my HA but it's back with a vengeance.
A couple of years ago, I found a lump on the back of my neck, showed it to my GP who said it's nothing. Then in the summer I went to see a hematology consultant and showed this lump to her also. She wasn't overly concerned but sent me for an ultrasound scan, which I had in October. The lump turned out to be nothing to worry about, however the doc that did the scan thought that my thyroid looked enlarged and scanned that, and found some nodules. I've had a thyroid biopsy on the 10th of December and no results yet, not even an appointment. My GP and all other medics I've seen seemed unconcerned, saying that they suspect a multi-nodular goitre, which is common, and that even IF I have thyroid cancer, it will be highly treatable. So I tried not to worry and I coped ok.
Anyway, before xmas I came down with a cold which is still not gone. So now my mind has gone into overdrive, thinking that I have the worst form of thyroid cancer and that it's affecting my immune system. I keep googling and checking my neck, and I'm really worried. The biopsy results were meant to be back within 7-10 days and my friend (a breast cancer survivor) said she thinks that if I had cancer, the results would have flagged up somewhere and my GP or so would have contacted me by now. But of course I'm thinking that my results got lost in the system because of the holidays. I'm just worried sick and driving myself crazy.
I'm sorry this is so long... just had to get it off my chest. Is there anyone else on here who has thyroid problems?
Thanks everyone, and Happy New Year.
Cygfa xx