scar tissue from RAI??

[stella5349]

Morning, Since RAI as some of you already know. I have had the sensation of feeling something is stuck in my throat, Really it has been almost 5 years with this feeling. I am now at the point a am coughing mostly in AM but through the day too. When I lye on my stomach it feels worse. It was speculated by one of the doctors I had in the past that maybe it was scar tissue from RAI. Does that sound right?

Would an Xray show anything like a mass or scar tissue? I feels right above my dead thryroid like a ball is there - but I do not feel any lumps. It is annoying and scares me.

Thoughts??

[stella5349]

Yeap  -- your thread make that 100% ultra sound.  Thnkx

I did call the doctors office today to attempt to schedule the darn thing, but like I said to another buddy here - I get so intimidated asking them for an appointment when I call. I know this sounds so crazy but - I feel like I am burdening them yet there suppose to be helping me right?  As stated earlier today. I gotta get over that!!  I am suppose to call back tomorrow the doc was not in today,  I just need to get it through that crazy blond head of mine to insist on that scan.  Yep that scan.

[whittie918]

I have this too but if it means not having cancer, its something I can live with.  I too have been told scar tissue but am also wondering about my tonsils since I snore now since RAI.

In your case, I'd go for the ultrasound.  I get a full body ultrasound every year and it can detect my scars from previous surgeries, cysts, solid masses and calcifications.  

[AR-10]

I would ask to have an ultrasound done.

This had better not be one of the benefits of RAI over surgery.

A calcification might show up on an X-ray, but I think an ultrasound might give you a definite yes or no on the question of scar tissue or desicated tissue.

Hope you figure it out.

[stella5349]

I can't stand this - feeling this morning. It feels like I am being karote chopped in the neck. It really hurts at times to breathe. I find it happens to the point of almost going insane at least once a month. sometimes it does bother me as much - but it's always there. I can't be the only one out here dealing with this -- I'm I??