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

[Guest guest]

Carole,

That sounds like the normal procedure for a goiter. I hope you can solve

this the best way possible.

Good luck.

Jan

Carole Rutherford 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]

TSH is the thyroid stimulating hormone from the pituitary to stimulate your

thyroid to make the actual thyroid hormones. This is the one that so many

doctors mistakenly use to treat thyroid disorder with the thyroid hormones.

You need Free T3 and Free T4, and if you have multinodular goiter, an

attempt should be made to shrink them with a TSH suppressive dose of thyroid

hormone, but, with so many nodules, they usually remove the thyroid, then go

from there.

Re: Finally seen my GP - Here goes

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

> 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]

TSH is the thyroid stimulating hormone from the pituitary to stimulate your

thyroid to make the actual thyroid hormones. This is the one that so many

doctors mistakenly use to treat thyroid disorder with the thyroid hormones.

You need Free T3 and Free T4, and if you have multinodular goiter, an

attempt should be made to shrink them with a TSH suppressive dose of thyroid

hormone, but, with so many nodules, they usually remove the thyroid, then go

from there.

Re: Finally seen my GP - Here goes

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

> 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]

TSH is the thyroid stimulating hormone from the pituitary to stimulate your

thyroid to make the actual thyroid hormones. This is the one that so many

doctors mistakenly use to treat thyroid disorder with the thyroid hormones.

You need Free T3 and Free T4, and if you have multinodular goiter, an

attempt should be made to shrink them with a TSH suppressive dose of thyroid

hormone, but, with so many nodules, they usually remove the thyroid, then go

from there.

Re: Finally seen my GP - Here goes

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

> 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