hi all! Just found out i have a tiny little cyst on my thyroid 3mm big. My ENT who found it doesn't seem that concerned, and passed it off as not a big deal at all. do these things grow? i'm not concerned either, but still not a fun thing to hear.
right now i have all the symptoms of hypo but every tsh test comes back normal (except for that cyst they just found) I also have a grandmother and aunt who were both hypo so I keep getting tested and tested, but never test abnormal for tsh, despite the symtpoms
Cysts can grow so I would think that you should have it looked at once a year. At some point, it should be biopsied if it grows. Otherwise, it's fine to watch it.
A lot of things can bother women and make them feel like they have a thyroid problem. I felt horrible for a long time and chalked it up to not having a thyroid gland and just not being right. My thyroid numbers were perfect.
It took a few years to figure out but I had a very low ferritin level (this measures your iron stores). It should be at least at 50-70. Mine was at 3. I had just started to become mildly anemic. Once I started supplementing with iron, it was a major improvement. But for a long time, I blamed my thyroid and my doctors felt it was "all in my head."
Anybody had any luck with a gluten free diet helping with thyroid issues?
I'm starting gluten free to help my arthritis and read that it can help thyroid disease also. Anyone know?
ooh thats good to know. I just had anemia last year and was bad until about december, very low ferritin etc, and a low b12, and put on ferrous gluconate. recently was re-tested while off the iron and was stable and normal. I had some uterine polyps that was causing the anemia they think. Apparently i'm filled with cysts and polyps I'm switching to a new doctor (my old primary care left) so hopefully we get this all sorted out. I do feel like i'm going crazy and that its all in my head.
Thanks for the help!
http://www.self.com/health/2013/04/thyroid-cancer-risks
Just read this article last night in Self magazine. I'm almost compelled to write in about it because I feel that it is reckless reporting but I've got enough to complain about!!!
I feel the article did a real injustice to people who may have or who are struggling with how to handle their thyroid cancer.
I realize that, for a long time, there have been "theories" that some thyroid cancers may never progress; i.e., back in the 80s, during routine autopsies of elderly people, they found micro-thyroid cancers thyroid glands. They suspect that many of us walk around like this and they never progress.
But once you've found a tumor? Don't treat it? Ahhh...I don't think so.
Oh and now to take you away for one minute from your regularly scheduled thyroid posts.....
I'm going to Disney Ditching well, having to call the onc. and reschedule my yearly visit for this! lol!
I had to wait because dh is traveling to Los Angeles , San Francisco and then Russia for 13 days. So we finally booked it last night. He needs time to catch up on his reg. work before we go etc.
Of course I am trying to save money because we need a new roof and driveway. Our house is needing lots of tlc. Its getting older.
So we cashed in dh ff miles for 4 days at the Beach Club, Club Level, heah its a really big anniv. for us, so its something he deserves. He works really hard for sure. So thats free! Then we are switching over to the Yacht Club water view for 3 days June 1-4.
Then since I was on a roll I looked at all our southwest points and saw dh had enough for a whole free trip so that costed only a whooping $2.50! and I had enough for 1/2 of my flight, so I only paid $125.
Of course all the money we save we will probably spend eating!
I need a vacation and am so looking forward to this!
Hi I just wanted to let people know that they should make sure what type of thyroid carcinoma they have. Their are multiple types. If you plan on doing any type of research about your condition, it will help you be more concise. IE. Follicular, medullary, papillary or anaplastic.
Quiet thread lately. I hope everyone is doing well.
I'm over a month post partial. I feel run down, run over and just in general BLAH. This is normally my best time of the year as I recover from Seasonal Affective Disorder but it just seems to be dragging on.
I am going for labs this week and maybe they will tell the tale, but I assumed all would be well with just a partial. The remaining tissue would do its job.
I was also woefully underprepared for how long I would have swelling (fluid?) in the area. Feels like they put a golf ball in my neck.
LoriAnn - I am glad you are going to an endo. Glad that you are getting the biopsy too. You have dealt with a lot on your plate lately (your other surgery)
Micayla - I hear you about teeth stuff. My dentist says I have very little bone there. Right now I am sitting with 1 capless tooth, my decision. Dont have time to fix it right now etc. Also I am praying for you on your journey. I am sure its stressing both physically and emotionally. I hear what you say about seeing someone else. I think sometimes God helps you put things into perspective.
And on to some other news. I just called the oncologist to reschedule my appt. She says she is booked and gives me July. I said, well it was suppose to be May and you pushed it till June and now you are giving me the end of July?? She said shes really booked. That means translated - you are going to be waiting in the waiting room a long time etc. She doesnt do anything anyway but I know we will be discussing the 5 year scan that will be next year. She books that up then too I think. Well Christine, pipe in on this, Do you know anything that has not had the 5 year scan. Maybe its me but I dont want anymore radiation. I already had that ct scan in the er etc. I dont mind doing the diet etc. But isint the blood test enough?? I am just wondering if they do the 5 year thing as protocol and as part of thyroid cancer algorithm etc?? Anyones thoughts??
Oh and onto some disney stuff for your reading pleasure, lol. We are eating at Cape May, Chefs de France, Hollywood Brown Derby, Yachtsman, Kouzzina Kona, and Citricos.
Most of the planning is done. I just need to order the town car since dh hates the magical express and book a wheelchair.
Oh and since ds3 is flying out to calif. this week end to be with dh they are going to..Disneyland of course. Hmm, I guess they just wanted me to know that little fact and ds1 is going up to Providence or Kingston Rode Island to coach a basketball tournament so its just ds2 and me.