About a month ago, my regular doctor found a lump on my throat and sent me in for an ultrasound They found 2 nodules (1.4 and 2.1 cm). My regular doctor sent me to an endocrinologist. After reading the ultrasound report and feeling my throat, the endocrinologist suggested getting my thyroid removed, which I would be fine with. She also scheduled a biopsy. The biopsy was ultrasound guided and they were ready to start when they could not find the nodules on my thyroid that were originally present on the first ultrasound. They stopped the biopsy and then told me some ridiculously contradictory statements:
- They can't find any nodules but I should still have the surgery because there is still a chance that there could be cancer in the thyroid tissue. But the surgery would probably be elective. (huh?)
- My thyroid is a quarter of the size it should be but I have thyroiditis, which is why it is visible on my neck. If it's a quarter of the normal size, and you aren't even supposed to see a normal sized thyroid on your neck, then how is this possible?
Now I have to wait 2 weeks until seeing the endocrinologist again to go over everything.
So how can the 2 doctors who have felt the nodules and the radiologist who first diagnosed and saw the nodules be wrong? And yes, I have visible "knobs" on my throat right where the thyroid is.
I'm so confused.