- Re: Hi..new to group!

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Hi, -

Welcome to the group.

Please try not to be upset with yourself for not following up last year; you

did it now, and that's what counts. " Everyone " is probably right - you

probably ARE just fine, but of course that doesn't help,

and right now, it's not the point. And if it turns out you do have cancer,

you'll deal with it, and THEN you'll be just fine.

It's probably true that your pregnancies have sped up the growth of the nodule,

but then again, if it IS cancer, you'll have discovered it sooner than you would

have otherwise. (I think I'm just determined

to be a Pollyanna today :-)

We have had members who have had their cancer discovered during and after

pregnancies, and hopefully some of them will write in to share their experiences

with you. But in any case, ask us any questions

that come to mind.

-

NYC

TT 2/99 dx pap/foll; RAI 100 mCi 3/99 & 4/00; clean scan 3/02;

current TSH ~.06 on .225 levothyroxine

(for help in deciphering this, and for other frequently used abbreviations, see

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ladyeliza_r wrote:

> Hello!

>

> My name is . I'm 27 and have had a goiter and enlarged

> thyroid for 7 years now, untreated all this time because while " yes

> your thyroid is enlarged a little, your bloodwork is normal " ...found

> out last year that I also have a nodule when I had a radioactive

> iodide scan done; but nobody told me that it was 'suspect non-

> functioning nodule' and having been blown off by docs for so long, I

> didn't make following up on it a priority. Now a year later, and

> pregnant with my 4th child, I finally was able to see an

> endocrinologist who about freaked when he got a copy of the r.i.s.

> and so I'm having an ultrasound on the 27th, and will probably have a

> biopsy within a week of that if it seems to back up the r.i.s.

>

> My endo said there'd been " considerable " growth of the thyroid and

> nodule and that I need to have the ultrasound right away (in other

> words two weeks later when the radiology clinic can fit me in) and

> that I needed to prepare myself for the possibility of dealing with

> cancer; that while it seems most of my problem is Grave's Disease

> (for which I'm awaiting the blood test results) and the change in

> size may just be that being pregnant has really aggravated it, there

> was still quite a bit of change from what he can palpate and what's

> measured on the report.

>

> I'm TRYING my hardest to not freak out, I know that this won't kill

> me; but I'm really upset with myself for not following up last year,

> and because if I'd known how serious the nodule could be I wouldn't

> have risked a pregnancy.

>

> I'm scared and everyone's telling me I'm probably " just fine " and

> nobody seems to quite understand...

>

> Thanks for listening,

>