Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Hi all, I had my yearly appt. with my gyn a couple of weeks ago. I told him about my Thyca. He was surprised to hear that my GP felt the 1.5 cm nodule last August because he had checked my thyroid himself in May and didn't feel anything. He does this routinely - good doctor. The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was slow growing. Just curious about it growing from unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. Maybe I don't understand the meaning of " slow growing " in terms of cancer. Sandy TT/RAI Oct 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2001 Report Share Posted August 18, 2001 Hi Sandy, > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each practitioner palpates the gland differently and therefore can have different results. ===== Christy, 42, Las Vegas 2.5 cm Follicular and .9 cm Papillary 2/26/01 LL (Frozen Section was read as benign) 3/10/01 TT after a positive final pathology Hypoparathyroidism (.5 Rocaltrol/1500 mg calcium daily) 3/28/01 148 mCi RAI (w/o LID), .225 Synthroid, 0 Tg __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 > > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. > > My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor > and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard > is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each > practitioner palpates the gland differently and > therefore can have different results. Additionally, I think some doctors palpate and are looking for trouble (a good thing, in this case), while others palpate with the assumption that they won't find anything, and are often right. My nodule was 1.5cm also, and was missed by an endo and also by the ENT surgeon. It showed up serendipitously in a CT scan taken for an unrelated neck pain. All the other doctors I saw between that discovery and my surgery couldn't feel the nodule until I told them where it was situated (far enough back, apparently, to be easy to miss). I think your understanding of the phrase " slow growing " is probably correct. - NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 > > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. > > My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor > and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard > is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each > practitioner palpates the gland differently and > therefore can have different results. Additionally, I think some doctors palpate and are looking for trouble (a good thing, in this case), while others palpate with the assumption that they won't find anything, and are often right. My nodule was 1.5cm also, and was missed by an endo and also by the ENT surgeon. It showed up serendipitously in a CT scan taken for an unrelated neck pain. All the other doctors I saw between that discovery and my surgery couldn't feel the nodule until I told them where it was situated (far enough back, apparently, to be easy to miss). I think your understanding of the phrase " slow growing " is probably correct. - NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 > > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. > > My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor > and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard > is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each > practitioner palpates the gland differently and > therefore can have different results. Additionally, I think some doctors palpate and are looking for trouble (a good thing, in this case), while others palpate with the assumption that they won't find anything, and are often right. My nodule was 1.5cm also, and was missed by an endo and also by the ENT surgeon. It showed up serendipitously in a CT scan taken for an unrelated neck pain. All the other doctors I saw between that discovery and my surgery couldn't feel the nodule until I told them where it was situated (far enough back, apparently, to be easy to miss). I think your understanding of the phrase " slow growing " is probably correct. - NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 My dentist and my OB-GYN both missed the lump in my neck. A friend of mine, who is a doctor, saw it while just talking to me over a cup of coffee one morning and suggested I have it looked at by an endo. Debbi (Washington, DC) Age 41 dx pap thyca 5/01 TT 7/01 2 cm tumor/no spread RAI any day now In a message dated 8/19/01 2:19:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, katiekabob@... writes: > Subj: Re: pap slow growing?! > Date: 8/19/01 2:19:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: katiekabob@... > Reply-to: <A HREF= " mailto:Thyca " >Thyca </A> > To: Thyca > > > > > > > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > > > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > > > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. > > > > My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor > > and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard > > is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each > > practitioner palpates the gland differently and > > therefore can have different results. > > Additionally, I think some doctors palpate and are looking for trouble (a > good thing, in this case), while others palpate with the assumption that > they won't find anything, and are often right. > My nodule was 1.5cm also, and was missed by an endo and also by the ENT > surgeon. It showed up serendipitously in a CT scan taken for an unrelated > neck pain. > > All the other doctors I saw between that discovery and my surgery couldn't > feel the nodule until I told them where it was situated (far enough back, > apparently, to be easy to miss). > > I think your understanding of the phrase " slow growing " is probably correct. > > > - > NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 > levothyroxine) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 My dentist and my OB-GYN both missed the lump in my neck. A friend of mine, who is a doctor, saw it while just talking to me over a cup of coffee one morning and suggested I have it looked at by an endo. Debbi (Washington, DC) Age 41 dx pap thyca 5/01 TT 7/01 2 cm tumor/no spread RAI any day now In a message dated 8/19/01 2:19:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, katiekabob@... writes: > Subj: Re: pap slow growing?! > Date: 8/19/01 2:19:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: katiekabob@... > Reply-to: <A HREF= " mailto:Thyca " >Thyca </A> > To: Thyca > > > > > > > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > > > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > > > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. > > > > My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor > > and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard > > is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each > > practitioner palpates the gland differently and > > therefore can have different results. > > Additionally, I think some doctors palpate and are looking for trouble (a > good thing, in this case), while others palpate with the assumption that > they won't find anything, and are often right. > My nodule was 1.5cm also, and was missed by an endo and also by the ENT > surgeon. It showed up serendipitously in a CT scan taken for an unrelated > neck pain. > > All the other doctors I saw between that discovery and my surgery couldn't > feel the nodule until I told them where it was situated (far enough back, > apparently, to be easy to miss). > > I think your understanding of the phrase " slow growing " is probably correct. > > > - > NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 > levothyroxine) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2001 Report Share Posted August 19, 2001 My dentist and my OB-GYN both missed the lump in my neck. A friend of mine, who is a doctor, saw it while just talking to me over a cup of coffee one morning and suggested I have it looked at by an endo. Debbi (Washington, DC) Age 41 dx pap thyca 5/01 TT 7/01 2 cm tumor/no spread RAI any day now In a message dated 8/19/01 2:19:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, katiekabob@... writes: > Subj: Re: pap slow growing?! > Date: 8/19/01 2:19:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: katiekabob@... > Reply-to: <A HREF= " mailto:Thyca " >Thyca </A> > To: Thyca > > > > > > > The nodule was very easy to feel. I thought pap was > > > slow growing. Just curious about it growing from > > > unpalpable to 1.5 cm in less than 4 months. > > > > My nodule was 2.5 cm but was unpalpable by one doctor > > and barely palpable by my endo. Although one standard > > is probably taught in medical school, I'd guess each > > practitioner palpates the gland differently and > > therefore can have different results. > > Additionally, I think some doctors palpate and are looking for trouble (a > good thing, in this case), while others palpate with the assumption that > they won't find anything, and are often right. > My nodule was 1.5cm also, and was missed by an endo and also by the ENT > surgeon. It showed up serendipitously in a CT scan taken for an unrelated > neck pain. > > All the other doctors I saw between that discovery and my surgery couldn't > feel the nodule until I told them where it was situated (far enough back, > apparently, to be easy to miss). > > I think your understanding of the phrase " slow growing " is probably correct. > > > - > NYC (TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; current TSH ~.06 on .225 > levothyroxine) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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