thyroid

[nslover]

I AM 35 YEARS OLD. I HAVE BEEN FEELING EXHAUSTED OFF AND ON FOR OVER A YEAR. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH SLEEP I NEVER FEEL REFRESHED. I FINALLY WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND HE RAN SOME BLOOD TESTS. MY TSH LEVEL CAME BACK LOW AT 0.09. HE THEN HAD A T3,T4 TEST DONE THAT SHOWED NORMAL LIMITS. I ALSO HAD A THYROID ULTRSOUND THAT SHOWED A "SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULE THAT HAS A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF CARCINOMA, ADENOMA, THRYOIDITIS OR HEMORRHAGE. THE NODULE IS 9MM AND HAS SOME HYPERVASCULAR MARKINGS. I ALSO TOOK A THYROID SCAN AND UPTAKE. AT 6 HOURS I WAS 14.3% WITH NORMAL RANGE OF 5 - 10% AND 24 HOURS WAS 22.6% WITH NORMAL RANGE OF 10-20%. FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE HAD A NAGGING COUGH. MY CHEST XRAY WAS NORMAL. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS IN MY THROAT THOUGH. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MILD SLEEP APNEA 3 YEARS AGO. NO CPAP MACHINE NEEDED. I SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE A SINUS ISSUE BUT NOT INFECTIONS. MY DOCTOR STATED THAT I WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THOUGHT I NEEDED TO SEE AN ENDOCHRONOLOGIST AND HAVE BIOPSY. HE STATED THAT MY RESULTS SHOW HYPERTHYROIDISM BUT I HAVE SYMPTOMS THAT MORE COINCIDE WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM. I CANNOT GET INTO THE ENDOCHRONOLOGIST UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE NODULE COULD BE CANCEROUS. SHOULD I TRY TO FIND A SURGEON WHO COULD DO THE BIOPSY OR JUST WAIT FOR THE ENDOCHRONOLOGIST. MY MOTHER HAD A BIOPSY A FEW YEARS AGO FOR GOITER.

[travelsinbc]

Thyroid nodules grow very slowly.  So even if you have to wait until the end of November, you will probably be ok.

[Terri627]

One thing I'd like to add. Hyper and hypo symptoms often mimic each other.
So your exhaustion can still be a result of your being hyper.

[MANmom]

Keep calling and asking for cancellations.  As far as I know the threshold for an FNA biopsy is 1 cm, so it mush get a bit bigger.  Remember, even if it is cancer, thyroid cancer is slow growing and usually does not spread beyond the thyroid.  By November, it may not even get bigger.