found nodule had ultrasound and fna

[cat16509]

Hi all,

Need some advice...... seven years ago I found a lump in my throat and was diagnosed with a thyroid mass. I had the RAI which showed a dominate cold nodule and the ENT decided because it was so big and cold that we should remove it and freeze biopsy during surgery. I had right side removed and didn't have to go on meds.  Now they have found a mass on the left side measuring 3cm. Had ultrasound which showed it to be solid so doc scheduled FNA I got a call from doc's office saying that it was benign and blood tests came back normal.  Question is this.....I am cold all the time, my face is dry (even in my ears), I'm losing hair, I tire soo easy and have trouble remembering things I should know could my tests be wrong and how accurate are FNA's?? I'm thinking that maybe I should just request that we take it out and hopefully get things on track afterwards what do you think>??

[cat16509]

Hi thanks for responding.  I saw the endocronologist yesterday and she said that my TSH and T3 results were on the high side of normal and that not only do I have a 3.2x 2.0 nodule but my thyroid is enlarged.  She wanted me to consider going on syn. and try shrinking it and getting my levels down and then in a few months redoing ultrasound and biopsy.  I dont think I am confortable with this so I asked about how long I'd be on the meds and she said forever most likely cause I only have half of my thyroid. So i said maybe we should just remove the nodule and do the meds since I have to be on them either way and play it safe.  Just like you my voice is hoarce and I feel like I something stuck in my throat and therefore I swallow alll the time making my throat sore.  And the other deciding factor is that this might not shrink the nodule so really why risk it??? So she referred me to an ENT for surgery.

[MANmom]

Exactly what did it say?  Did they only find colloid? Blood? Cells?   I have known I have had nodules for more than seven years, only now have they become a problem.  They were smooth, solid and vascular, the largest one was 2.1 cm. I have a brother who is a radiologist, he was conservative, he told me my chance for cancer was 5%, he saw my scans and said to him it looked like a "follicular adenoma".  My FNA came back "benign follicular clusters" which falls in the NOT diagnostic category (can't tell) but I was having swallowing and hoarseness issues.  Three nodules in the right and one in the left, I decided after much research to take out the right side, do the biopsy on frozen section and hopefully the left side would take over the thyroid function.  It did work and I felt great, but the pathology report just came back and I do have Microscopic papillary cancer, so I will go through another surgery to remove the other nodule, since they found tumors in all the nodules.  I would not have had them removed if it were not for the hoarseness, I am glad I did.   I am a singer, so that was the tipping point for me.  It was worth a shot!  At least now I know, the NOT knowing was making me crazy!