Drs Appt ~ Thank you

[whittie1]

I wanted to stop by and thank you all for your excellent advice. Everything you folks say was right on what the doctor told me as well.  I feel very strongly that he is competent and I'm now in good hands.  He could not rule out that I had cancer with the poor ultrasound I had but wants to wait three months, re scan and check for growth, weather the nodules have jagged borders or not, etc.  Schedule the FNA if necessary.  Basically I get the feeling he has a checklist in his head and if I get too many checks on the bad side, I get the biopsy.  He will remove the nodule and area if it comes back questionable.  Feels right to me.  

[whittie1]

0.8cm was the solid nodule and 0.3cm as the calcification.  Doc said that cancer grows and even though this sort of cancer grows slowly, you would probably see something different in 6 months.  

[ChitChatNine]

Those who have the scan have cancer so it is a precaution in case they fall into that small % where there is spread, etc.,

How small are the nodules in ?

Mine is 3mm on the intact side so too small and it hasn't changed size in the past 6 mos at all .. it is "stable" so they say compared to ultrasound done last October.

Cheryl

[whittie1]

Basically the doctor told me it was to small to biopsey just yet (just as some of the folks here said too).  That it "could" be done but it was probably in my best interest to wait 3 months just to be safe.  If I feel at that time I would just feel better with the biopsey, he will do it.  He said that this nodule could possibly even shrink?  Is that true?

Can I ask a question?  I'm seeing that some folks after getting the thyroid removed have a scan to see if it spread.  If doctors are always saying it rarely spreads beyond the nodes sourrounding, why the scan?

[ChitChatNine]

That is the key word "feels right" . YES .. love that word bcz trusting yourself is the best step of all!

I am 80% comfortable with my decision to keep the other side in for now and watch and wait and it "feels right" 80% vs. 20% in a holding pattern .. so the higher the "feels right" # goes the better for me LOL!!

C~