Re: Finally seen my GP - Here goes then............

[Guest guest]

Carole

Why didn't he already run the antibodies tests, as a first line defensive

move? It never makes sense to me. Has he had your TSH suppressed in all

this time, to help shrink nodules?

Finally seen my GP - Here goes

then............

>

>

> I have been a bit quiet this week as the kids have been playing up

> thanks to everyone who give me some diet advice for my adrenals.I am

> trying it out.

>

> I finally got to see my GP today after my scan. He told me that I now

> have some sizeable nodules on the left side of my throat which are

> leaning on my trachea pushing it right over to the right hand side of

> my throat, which he is quite concerned about. He asked if I was aware

> of this and I said yes as I now feel like I have a golf ball stuck at

> the back at my throat, to which he replied you have! He said that

> although he is not a betting man his bet is that I now need major

> surgery and he has made an urgent referal to a Thyroid and ENT

> Specialist. He also ordered more blood tests including my thyroid

> antibodies. Does this sound right?

>

> So now I wait to see the Specialist and then see what happens next.

> Although I am pleased that the ball is now rolling I would be lying

> if I said that I was not just more than a little afraid. If the

> waiting list to see the Specialist is too long I will go private.

>

> Carole

[Guest guest]

Has he had your TSH suppressed in all

> this time, to help shrink nodules?

>

>

No he's only ever done routine tests but that's the way it works

over here. For anything other we have to see what GP's call a

Specalist.

By the way what is TSH?

Carole

[Guest guest]

Has he had your TSH suppressed in all

> this time, to help shrink nodules?

>

>

No he's only ever done routine tests but that's the way it works

over here. For anything other we have to see what GP's call a

Specalist.

By the way what is TSH?

Carole

[Guest guest]

about.com has some articles about nodules you might want to read.

Louise

-- In The_Thyroid_Support_Group , " Carole Rutherford "

<carole_rutherford@y...> wrote:

>

>

> I have been a bit quiet this week as the kids have been playing up

> thanks to everyone who give me some diet advice for my adrenals.I

am

> trying it out.

>

> I finally got to see my GP today after my scan. He told me that I

now

> have some sizeable nodules on the left side of my throat which are

> leaning on my trachea pushing it right over to the right hand side

of

> my throat, which he is quite concerned about. He asked if I was

aware

> of this and I said yes as I now feel like I have a golf ball stuck

at

> the back at my throat, to which he replied you have! He said that

> although he is not a betting man his bet is that I now need major

> surgery and he has made an urgent referal to a Thyroid and ENT

> Specialist. He also ordered more blood tests including my thyroid

> antibodies. Does this sound right?

>

> So now I wait to see the Specialist and then see what happens next.

> Although I am pleased that the ball is now rolling I would be lying

> if I said that I was not just more than a little afraid. If the

> waiting list to see the Specialist is too long I will go private.

>

> Carole

[Guest guest]

Yes, this is true, it's like closing the barn door after the horses already got loose, to be trying to suppress now, but I was just wondering if he had EVER tried to suppress them, before they got to be this size, while they were still small. At this point, I would definitely be for the surgery. Just makes me mad that he didn't evidently do this before this happened, if he's been monitoring them all this time.

Re: Finally seen my GP - Here goes then............

Only very small nodules can be shrunk by suppression. Anything big enough to move her trachea over needs to yanked out forthwith, no other options.