2013 had my thyroid removed because of suspicious material indicated in the biopsy report. The surgery went well. The best news was no cancer. PTL!! The biggest challenge was how long it took to get my body adjusted to thyroid replacement meds. Very slow process to determine when the levels of meds were adequate. Finally 7 months later I wasn't so exhausted daily sleeping 10-12 hours daily. Currently doing well. I will be 80 this year. Thank you for your light hearted but very informative way of presenting important health information. Mike

@user-dq9gu4sq4w

3 ай бұрын

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@ThaTrisme

2 ай бұрын

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@peachmelba9333

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this posting - I have some my ENT says are still subclinical but I am watching them anyway. Surgery in the future? I'm 78 but still vital and interested in living on! Who knows what tomorrow will bring? Still wanting to stay informed!

@ifynony6889

2 ай бұрын

Do you still take thyroid replacement med

@annettegeorge209

Ай бұрын

I had half the thyroid out as it looked cancerous. On the 23rd of May I have to get an ultrasound on my thyroid glands

Here’s my thyroid cancer story. Been on ever increasing amounts of levothyroxine for the past 20 years. Had an mri for my neck pain and there was an incidental finding of a thyroid nodule. Had a fine needle biopsy on the right nodule. Negative for cancer. Decided to have surgery to remove the right half of thyroid. They send the removed thyroid to the lab before they close me up. If it’s cancerous, they will remove my left half. Lab report indicated no cancer. Closed me up. Later in the week after a closer look from the lab, found cancer in the nodule. Two weeks later, went back under to have the left half removed. The nodule in the left half was also cancerous. Had to do a radioactive iodine treatment that made me radioactive for about a week. Had to stay in my room. Every six months I get an ultrasound and bloodwork. Last time, they found a lymph node that was enlarged. Did a fine needle biopsy. Did not fine anything. But not feeling warm and fuzzy.

@sharonhurst831

4 ай бұрын

I have a scheduled biopsy coming up on my thyroid. This was very informative and I am glad to hear if it is cancer, it is not an aggressive one.

@Jimmy-Legs

4 ай бұрын

@@sharonhurst831 Hope all goes well with your biopsy. I have my fingers crossed 🤞. Wish you the best.

@sharonhurst831

4 ай бұрын

@@Jimmy-Legs Thank you!

Excellent segment! I had a thyroid nodule monitored for many years, annual US, twice annual bloodwork. In my case I had Hashimotos Thyroiditis with a multinodular goiter, and was put on thyroid replacement hormone. In recent years, a biopsy came back as indeterminate. We ran the gene testing mentioned here, and it flagged one gene abnormality that is associated with thyroid cancer half the time, and not the other 50% of the time. Given my nodule has very slowly grown to 4 cm, a half or full thyroidectomy was recommended. I opted for full, since by that time my thyroid had little function remaining, and if they only took half and it was found to be cancerous, I may have needed a second surgery to remove the other half. Last July I had the full thyroidectomy and everything went super smooth, no calcium dips from parathyroid glands potentially being stunned in surgery. I had already been on thyroid replacement hormone for many years, so my doctors just increased the dose a tiny bit, and all is well. The post surgery biopsy showed a few tiny cancers in my thyroid (papillary thyroid cancer), and one nearby lymph node, but not in the big 4cm nodule. My surgery is considered curative, but I will be monitored annually for a period of time. Thanks again for this informative episode. It is as my medical team has explained it to me. 😊

I had my whole thyroid removed due to cancer. The Dr had to cut and resect my laryngeal nerve. I only had a hoarse whisper of a voice for about 4 months. One morning talking with my wife I had a “squeak “ in my whisper. Every day for about a month I had slight improvements in my voice. After that my voice finally returned to normal. So about 5 months total. All has been good for 2 years now. Taking Levothyroxine and calcium daily.

@lucilleroman7354

3 ай бұрын

I'm on that tablets for over 12 yes nw

@lucilleroman7354

3 ай бұрын

Yrs

@NEbluefire

3 ай бұрын

I thought calcium was only needed when you have the parathyroid glands removed. Did you have those removed also?

Fantastic explanation! Had thyroidectomy 22 yrs ago. You included every pertinent detail!

I had to have one of my parathyroid glands removed four months ago, whilst I was under going a CT scan and a ultra sound scan they revealed that I had a couple of nodules on my Thyroid, my surgeon sorted both out at the same time. I got my pathology results 4 days before Christmas which were thankfully all clear. (Best Christmas present ever.)

I wish I would have seen this video before they removed my thyroid. I had no cancer but a Nodule that was the size of a dime at the start and 40 years later is probably the size of a quarter. Sent me right to a surgeon , never did a biopsy. The surgeon scared me into having it removed. He said I may experience breathing problems later on. I wish I didn't agreed to have it removed

@sarahmurphy-nf4yl

19 күн бұрын

Have uou suffered from having it removed? Just asking as u am due to have San shortly. Thanks hope you can reply. 👋

Another world class, gold standard video, I have not seen any channels that even come close to what you’re achieving, thank you so much for creating these videos. 👍

Just got home from surgery today, had mine removed, thus blows my mind I went through every step she named....glad that's all over

@TalkingWithDocs

Ай бұрын

So glad that you’re OK. All the best.

@user-dr9oe5vr2e

Ай бұрын

You're so lucky I still have my looking for a way to remove it

@dixieland.

Ай бұрын

Oh boy. No gender apologies necessary 😂

@eniyeishmael6250

15 күн бұрын

​@@user-dr9oe5vr2emine too is too still here

I have thyroid issues for many years. Thank you for talking about it.

This is weird how this came up tonight, I am in UK and just felt a lump on my left side of my thyroid . I work in healthcare in a hospital and dreading this outcome. I sit with people supporting them now its me my turn . I must make an appointment with my Dr to get this tested and move forward this this. Thanks Guys awesome explanation of it all

@Veronica-tn2xc

4 ай бұрын

I hope you get the best results 😊

@christinepratt1875

4 ай бұрын

I have dealt with nodules for over 20 years. I wish you the same good luck I have had. I get a yearly ultrasound and so far no change. I initially had a needle biopsy and now just monitor them. Best of luck, you will be fine 🤞

@cornyconnie.

4 ай бұрын

God has a "funny" way of getting our attention!!! 😏 🙏 ❤

@user-we8gf8wc6r

4 ай бұрын

Best of wishes!

@emmel4fun

4 ай бұрын

May your test results be good.

I’m going through this now. Thank you for this detailed and easy to understand video! It helps me feel more prepared and less apprehensive.

Great explanation ! Thank you!

Thank you for doing this video. I've been looking for a good video for a week and finally found this. I'll be seeing the endocrinologist for the first time tomorrow. I've been hyper thyroid for 3 years!! They just kept changing my dose. I have a solid tall nodule. My neck hurts, I'm hoarse sometimes, I'm exhausted, feel like I'm getting dementia, vomiting, diarrhea, I'm hot, and my sleep is all over the place. I hope they do something.

Thank you! Very informative!

Excellent info!!!

Thank you, doctors, for this very informative article. I have had 2 cysts removed from my thyroid glands. The first at 7 years old and another at 16 years old, needless to say, now at almost 60 years old, I have been on replacement meds for a long time. It is very challenging. I try to get as much information on the thyroid glands as possible. Thank you, awesome guys.

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP ❤😊❤👏👏👏👏

I found a nodule on the R lobe of my thyroid back in late 2018. GP sent me to an endocrinologist who did an ultrasound & fine needle aspiration (not painful) at the first visit. Results were negative & another ultrasound was scheduled in 6 months. It seemed larger to me at the end of the 6 months (it was visible to the naked eye). After the second ultrasound, done by a tech not the endo, I got a call to see the endo again. Had a second fine needle aspiration done & this time there were atypical cells, plus a second, very small, nodule on the L lobe had also been found. Decided removal was my best option & had a full thyroidectomy done in Aug. 2019. My voice was very deep (think "Luke, I am your father.") for several months and I couldn't project my voice. My dogs loved it, mom couldn't yell at them. I still think it's about a half an octave deeper than before the surgery. I definitely can't hit the higher notes when singing in the car anymore😂. I can yell at the dogs again though.

@christinahurt7505

4 ай бұрын

Very sorry you ended up needing your thyroid removed. Would you mind sharing what the pathology showed on your thyroid and nodules at surgery? Was it cancer or benign? I have hypothyroidism and a nodule.

@DSmith-ss8jo

3 ай бұрын

@@christinahurt7505 Sorry for the late reply, I had to find the report. It was benign, a "ADENOMATOUS NODULE WITH FIBROSIS AND CALCIFICATIONS" to copy and paste from the report. The nodule was 3.4 cm. Hope that helps.

@Petra44YT

5 күн бұрын

I had a fine needle aspiration yesterday, and it was EXTREMELY painful!

FN Amazing Docs!!! You guys crack me up. Love you Docs and all your work in sharing medical issues in such a humorous or maybe humerus lol, yet professional manner.

So helpful and so interesting, I am literally seeing a Dr this week about my thyroid. As always, your videos are great!

@Akira-nw4jl

2 ай бұрын

Check KZread DR Stan Eckberg. He talks about treating and healing the thyroid, not operating. He explains how your thyroid actually works not how doctor's work on you.

Excellent information from all 3 doctors. Thank you😊

10 years ago thyroid cancer check once a year very grateful

GOOD INFORMATION THANK YOU ❤

This was great. I had Vegas nerve damage recently and my vocal cord (left) is challenged. This was a carotid-carotid bypass w/ prosthetic, carotid subclavian transposition and a zone 0 TBE. One of the ‘possible’ outcomes was vocal cord damage. Always learning.

Thx docs . As always , cery informative!!!!!!

fantastic information---great video, love it!

Very informative and excellent format for imparting this type of information.

I love how y’all talk about all different types of medical issues! I’d personally love to y’all have a video on Myasthenia Gravis. I was diagnosed in 2015 and there wasn’t much if anything for patients/families of patients. The sad thing is that there’s still not much out there and people don’t know who to trust. Y’all are so well respected that I think it’d be so beneficial for people. Thanks from Oklahoma! 🩷

You are in charge of your health is a lesson I learned when it came to my thyroid nodule. I saw THREE doctors who told me not to worry about the lump in my neck before I got someone to listen to me. I live in Ontario Canada and I kept going on about my lump to any doctor I saw. Had the ultrasound and it showed a mass. Had a 5 needle biopsy no sedation. Don't worry it was easy peasy. I was terrified. No cancer. Saw the ENT he nearly pulled my tongue out of my mouth when he was examining me. He was an excellent doctor. We decidied on no surgery unless it got bigger. In less than 6 months I was in having it removed as swallowing was hard sometimes. In six months the lump grew and grew. When it was removed with half of my thyroid it was the size of a golf ball and a half. Everything went well. No cancer. Only issue I had was my stitch got stuck and my family doctor was having a hard time getting it out. Eventually she got it out. That was 2011. We check my thyroid blood numbers every 6 months but so far so good!

@jackkip

4 ай бұрын

My thyroid journey luckily didn’t involve cancer, but Graves. Was diagnosed in my late 30’s. My endo was able to control it with medications for several years. Started having problems. So we redid all the testing. Ultra sound, plus some scans with Nuclear Medicine. They found several hot and cold nodules. Dr wanted to send me for a needle biopsy. I was absolutely terrified. Plus at this point I was so tired of dealing with it. I asked my dr if we could skip that part and just do a thyroidectomy. She agreed. Several weeks later had an excellent surgeon do a total thyroidectomy. The Parathyroid was bruised and had a few issues with calcium. But it was probably one of the easiest surgery’s I have ever had. Pathology showed no cancer. Just a very messy thyroid. One thing that the Docs really didn’t touch in is heredity. I have two sisters who both battled with their thyroid. They also had theirs removed. Plus I have a daughter who also had graves. Her thyroid was ablated with radioactive iodine. So it definitely runs in the family. Thank you docs for all the good info

@julejustjule

4 ай бұрын

@@jackkip I was going to mention hereditary too. Everyone on one side of my family has or had thyroid issues. My dad had graves. I am happy yours turned out well too.

@jodyporter6086

4 ай бұрын

I have nodules on both sides of my thyroid. It started with just one but two years later I had one on the other side. I have had a 5 needle biopsy several times as they have grown. I was exposed to the radiation from Chernobyl for 3 years while in Germany. The radiation was over Frankfurt within 32 hours. The cloud of radiation ended up covering most of the European peninsula. Last year during my husband’s physical they found he also had nodules growing on his thyroid. His are not big enough to biopsy yet. Our doctor says we’re fine with the nodules as long as the tests come back negative for cancer.

@julejustjule

4 ай бұрын

I wish you and your husband the best!

@gcrichman53

4 ай бұрын

julejustjule, Were your thyroid blood hormone levels always normal before this?

I had a partial thyroidectomy a number of years ago and yearly I get ultrasounds to track nodules on the part existing. Now one of the nodules as grown and my Dr is sending me for a aspiration biopsy. Ultrasound was in mid Dec 2023 but I can’t have the biopsy until March of this year due to our insane wait times we endure here in Canada. It’s rather scary having to wait so long and I’m sure people are very anxious. No wonder mental health is such as issue these days. Anyway, thanks Docs…this is the best explanation I’ve ever received about my condition.

@lisacoto6968

3 ай бұрын

I’m in the same boat! Partial thyroidectomy, monitoring a nodule on my right side. Just had my fine needle biopsy this week… best of luck to the both of us!!!!

@janh8847

3 ай бұрын

@@lisacoto6968👍❤

@4220E

2 ай бұрын

I had 2 biopsies done in the past I have one coming up in April I don't wanna do it the last Dr. was so gentle I didn't feel a thing and it was really quick the 1st Dr. I had left me bruised and it wasn't comfortable I hope I get the second Dr. I had and he was much older too I hate that I have this hyperthyroidism my great Grandmother had it on my Grandaddy side and my auntie my mother's sister has it she had hers removed years ago she had Graves disease I wish both of you ladies well in your health journey 😢😢

I had my thyroid removed due to papillary 33 years ago. Stay in shape.

I had a 1.7 centimeter node biopsy in office. I go back in 6 months for a recheck ultrasound. I’d been having difficulty swallowing and had a sore throat. Asked my rheumatologist to feel lump and he referred me.

This is such a great video. I plan to send it to those I love to help them better understand thyroid cancer diagnosis and recommend treatment.

Great explanation Docs,

I love all of your amazing videos. I learn so much. Endocrinology is so interesting to me. Hugs from Calgary Canada to the Ortho dudes that shares so much wonderful info. So informative!

My mother had her thyroid removed when she was about 40 years old. She took her prescribed med's till she passed away at 87 due to heart issues.

@mjc1977

20 күн бұрын

Sorry about your mom I just lost my mom

♥️♥️♥️this content,,,thank you doctors💪💪💪

nice and informative

very informative and comprehensive

This was so thorough and explained beautifully! I just had a nodule sonogram and now I can read my radiology report before my doctor gets back to me so I can have better questions about results and treatment if necessary. Thank you!

Thank you Docs. I appreciate your videos

Great info

Very timely! Am waiting for the results of a needle biopsy done last week.

Very interesting, good experts , learned a lot

I had many nodules over some years and an enlarged thyroid gland resulting in many fine needle biopsies all but the last with no local anesthesia. I was lucky to get in the Test sent to the states. The biopsy came back I had a suspicious nodule with a 40% chance of it being cancer and not “the good kind”. I had a subtotal thyroidectomy performed by the ENT doctor who has done the surgery many, many times. When the pathology came back on the thyroid it was consistent with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Phew! My thyroid antibodies were raised in the bloodwork as well. The surgery went well and I have had compliments on my scar it is so small! 😊

I have had Graves disease . And now I'm being treated for hyperthyroidism. In the last few years I've learned a lot about the thyroid and parathyroid! Had no idea there was such a thing as a parathyroid and I'm old! 😂

Excellent video. As i have the thyroid nodules and is being monitored by an endocrinologist, your video is a godsend. I would be very grateful if you could make a video on vertigo and/or related dizziness issues. As always, I greatly appreciate your efforts

@pacs0508

3 ай бұрын

IS YOUR VERTIGO RELATED TO THYROID ISSUES.

😊Thank you very much for the information. I go back this August to my Specialist to see how my thyroid is. I have an underactive thyroid so I will see how it is this August.

Good show👍

Good video!

Thank you very informative!

Thank you for the video

Great information thank you so much

Loved your guest

Great info! I wish you would have discussed the multinodular aspect. I have large multinodules on both sides and have for 10 years. All labs always normal and I've been biopsied twice. Recently one grew significantly and left me feeling like I was choking (turns out it was fluid). There are methods for treatment/shrinking these nodules such as ablation and ethanol. We did ethanol and shrunk it significantly. I'd love to know your thoughts on ablation as that's next for me. Thanks!

I had a bone scan in my early 40’s at a health fair. I was diagnosed with osteopenia. Through nuclear work up they found nodules on my thyroid and parathyroid. I had them removed due to leaching of calcium from my bones, and my osteopenia is and has been stable. I’m 75 now. I also take thyroid medication due to hypothyroidism.

@TalkingWithDocs

4 ай бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing

@ednaJF1028

4 ай бұрын

Please where are you guys located ?

Very nice. I have papillary cancer and had a L lobe lobectomy. Feel great 4 months later. Thanks, Veronica

Yes. I have a thyroid nodule. My appointment to see the ENT is approaching!! Finally. Thank you. I've had a needle biopsy, DEFINITELY use the freezing!!

@suebehr507

12 күн бұрын

Yes, use the freezing cuz my first biopsies were def painful!!

This was great education! Clear and concise! Thank you!

@TalkingWithDocs

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Another great presentation. I have just been diagnosed with multiple sub centimitre colloid nodules.

Very informative

Thank you so much very endurable

Great information video.

Thanks for sharing this video ❤❤

@TalkingWithDocs

4 ай бұрын

Welcome

I went to 3 doctors for unexplained weight gain. The 3rd felt my neck, then Sent me to a specialist. From there a specimen was sent to a higher specialist. It came back I had medullary thyroid cancer. On one test, numbers up to 10, they don’t worry. On numbers up to 20, they start looking for cancer. Up to 30, you probably have cancer. My numbers were over 6,500! They told me people near Chernobyl have numbers this high. I-got concerned when 2 surgeons refused to touch me. Finally found one for my overnight operation. One month later I was home. And no, I’ve never visited Chernobyl.

She's awesome! She knows the whole procedure!

@TalkingWithDocs

2 ай бұрын

Yes this is her job!

Love love you guys🙏❤️

Thank you very informative my mom had it and I have it too

Wow. My. Sister in law just told us today that she was tested, had a biopsy, and the doctor said it is suspicious (Mayo Clinic). She is most likely going to have her thyroid removed. I'm going to forward this video to her.

When my thyroid was removed the doctor said it had grown around one side to the back of my neck ! Explained why a feeling of having my neck being squeezed existed !

@christinahurt7505

4 ай бұрын

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I'm one of those who are in consistent followUp w/ my doctor regarding my thyroid nodule. Was advised to undergo FNA. Unable to decide yet wen to go about it. But this video has helped me a lot in understanding my situation. Thank you so much for sharing this type of videos. Very informative & helpful!

Thank you for this information. After recent tests for other things, I am now having my thyroid checked. I do like to know the possibilities even though I am at the start of investigating my thyroid.

I had Graves’ disease and took medication for a year. No longer test positive for graves. I do have benign nodules (4). Check them yearly.

Am I the only one that started feeling their neck after watching this? Lol.

Thank you for this video. You are giving us very important knowledge about the thyroid gland. I have thyroid nodules. Biopsies done first time in 2000 . I had 2 nodules on my thyroid. I had fine needle biopsy. It was negative. Now the thyroid nodules increased in size. First biopsy negative. Second biopsy has been negative also but still have nodules that have to be monitored because they have increase in size. So my doctors monitors them.

Wow, I had fine needle aspiration done on 3 nodules, over 3 years ago. Benign and not hot. I've never been told to get any follow-up done, ever. No further FNA, no ultra-sounds, nothing. And this was in Toronto.

Having my thyroid biopsy tomorrow on good Friday. Since I have severe anxiety and panic attacks I will be put into a conscious sedation.

@TalkingWithDocs

2 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

@fefereedable

2 ай бұрын

I have to have the same done . Just waiting on scheduling to perform biopsy. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@cathymcdonald1285

2 ай бұрын

Good luck Theresa! 🙏 I just got home and nurse called to say I need a biopsy too. Wishing us both great outcomes.

@theresasarducci3671

2 ай бұрын

Worst experience I've ever been through! Even sedated I felt everything.

@cathymcdonald1285

2 ай бұрын

Oh, I'm so sorry Theresa 😢....was hoping it wouldn't be that bad for you❤

Here’s my thyroid story. In 2010 my thyroid was very large and expanded down into my chest. Had the left side removed with the parathyroid as well. Couple years later I found out that it wasn’t all removed from my chest. There was a third section of thyroid in my heart cavity. I had surgery from a thoracic surgeon that opened my sternum like open heart surgery. That surgeon was a heart transplant surgeon. So that was thyroid surgery #2. A couple years later the right side of my thyroid was enlarging and showing signs of growing down into my chest again. Yep, thyroid surgery number 3. My parathyroid was saved on this side. But now on thyroid meds for life.

@MajoryBwalya

3 күн бұрын

May I know the meds you're taking

Wow, under sedation. Never had it done that way in NYC. Had it done in pathologist’s office who gave you the results at the same visit. Good information for patients recently diagnosed with thyroid nodules. Don’t be scared people. Have the rule out done.

Glad I came across this. I was just told I have a 4 cm nodule on my thyroid and have to go in for the needle biopsy. It definitely has me concerned but you all did put my mind at ease with what to expect.

@REALcatmom

Ай бұрын

How did your biopsy go?

I noticed a lump on the right hand side of my neck. Did a call with my family doctor (COVID lockdown so no in person visits). Referred me to an ultrasound. US showed a cyst, not of concern, but on left side there was a small growth. Referred to endocrinologist. Another US and then another with fine needle aspiration. Referred to surgeon. Had partial thyroidectomy. Did not do complete, despite the cyst on the right hand side. Day surgery. As I was getting dressed, I noticed drops of blood on floor. Called for assistance. Additional stitches put in. A few days later, infection set in. Waited in ER for hours to get a prescription for antibiotics (I had self diagnosed as a strep infection), but needed confirmation to get prescription. Partial paralysis of my vocal cords - has improved but I will not be singing in a band! Continue to monitor the right hemisphere with annual US.

Recently it feels as if the doctors are listening to my concerns. AMD, COPD, gallstones, and now a thyroid nodule? Very helpful though! 😳 Yes. I have all of these conditions but the thyroid nodule was new in the last year and I have a follow up ultrasound in fall to see if mine has changed. I really do appreciate these informative videos, so thanks again.😊👍💖

This is such a great and informative video. This is exactly everything I have been going through. I have been diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer. Will have surgery at the end of June. Then followed by radiation.

I had thyroid cancer in 1998, had the right side removed, and was told that I have Hashimoto disease. Dr. Gilbert Daniels (Endocrinologist) who headed up this department at Massachusetts General Hospital would do a needle biopsy on my nodules in his office without any numbing. He would take 3 samples each time. The right side was removed when the margins were not good. I would say the needle biopsy (fine needle aspiration) was uncomfortable, not super painful, with tenderness afterwards. It's been 26 years and I'm still going! My two sisters also have thyroid issues.

I've had the fine needle aspiration (painless) twice over a 7 year span & monitored to present date, fortunately with good results. (Didn't spring a leak after the needle either! 😆)

Thank you so much,had my piri thyroid one removed 2024 Never heard of this

Can you go through symptoms

Thank you for doing another excellent video! The timing of me finding this video is fantastic, it has helped me have a better understanding of what is going on. In 2009 I had a fine needle biopsy, all was good. No freezing, it was okay, although make sure you dont swallow during the procedure! My Dr retired and I started with a new Dr in the fall of 2022. The Dr did a follow-up ultrasound in 2022 as it has been a while, they found some new nodules. She had me do a follow-up ultrasound in December 2023. She called me that afternoon, it seems the nodules have gotten larger, since the previous scan. I am waiting to hear from the hospital to go for another needle biopsy, I am hoping for the same results. I cant help but worry....

Forty years ago, must have been years before I was born (ha, ha, ha) my GP, as they were called then, found a lump on my thyroid during my "annual poke and prod." I don't remember if I had any diagnostic tests done but I did have surgery, with his assurances that if it was cancer it was probably the 'best cancer' to have. It was a pretty scary time for me as I was a newly single mom with two little boys under three. As it turned out, he didn't have to remove all of my thyroid and was able to leave my parathyroids. I haven't needed any further treatment but do have follow-up blood tests included in my annual check-ups. It turned out that the scariest part was the staples used to close the incision across my neck which made me look like Frankenstein. To my good fortune, my toddlers didn't know about that character or they might have been even more hesitant to cuddle!. .

very cool

I had nodules but normal thyroid function and my biopsies were begign. So was given an choice... Either leave them alone or remove my thyroid and take meds forever. I followed my gut and got a thyroidectomy. My pathology report from the removed gland arrived days later showing 2 of the nodules had cancer inside. I'm glad they're gone!

I have 4 nodules and a cyst. One nodule was borderline in size and I need to have an ultrasound again to see if it has grown. I should have had it done in October.

I'm going to have to have my thyroid. It really sucks! What do you know about the knew treatment? Laser ablation???

This was an excellent presentation, but the main part was not discussed about after they remove your thyroid. You’re on a medication the rest of your life to do what the thyroid was doing. It’s been five years now and I’m still having trouble getting the correct dosage of medication to keep my weight from going up and my hair from falling out.

I had a partial thyroidectomy 2 years ago for a very large and thank Goodness benign nodule .. I have a small nodule on left being watched but I’m lucky was able to save the left side

@gcrichman53

4 ай бұрын

Kerri were your thyroid hormone blood levels always normal before this and do you know what ultrasound features your nodule had?

I had thyroid cancer at 29. My PCP found it on an annual exam. It was a visible hard lump that I hadn't noticed. My only complaint at the exam was that I was constantly tired. The endocrinologist took a needle biopsy (it looked huge) by elevating himself over me and forcing it straight down into the lump. I was worried he was going to go through my neck. He only took one biopsy, and I don't recall having had an ultrasound. Once notified, it took me a moment to realize that a positive result was not a happy result. I had a complete thyroidectomy and at another hospital drank radioactive iodine and sat in isolation waiting for my radioactivity to drop to legally reenter society. It's been 30 years...

How is hypothyroidism connected to hypoglycemia? I have both.

Excellent, informative video. In 2018, on an MRI for cervical stenosis evaluation, a finding of a 4.5 cm thyriod mass was found. Total surprise as it was low enough not to be outwardly observable. Lucky to be seen at a medical school facility. All the information you have shared describes my workup. All testing was negative for cancerous etiology, but due to the size and both lobes being involved, I did have a total thyroidectomy for the multinodular benign goiter. All is well except the cost of brand name Synthroid, even with insurance, which seemed to give me a more stable lab result over time. Your videos are the best❗️

@TalkingWithDocs

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much! Glad you are ok

I believe TPO level should be check in patients who are symptomatic and have a higher level but still WNL TSH Endocrinologist have decreased the normal TSH range but not all primary physicians are aware of the changes. Seeing an Endocrinologist for thyroid issues is important in my opinion.