3 years ago

During a CT scan they discovered some nodules on my thyroid. My primary care doctor ordered an ultrasound and sent me to a an endocrine surgeon. The surgeon ordered a fine needle biopsy. A fine needle biopsy is NOT fun. They use ultrasound to guide them while they stick a long needle into each nodule about 5 times. Each time they wiggle it around and go in and out of it to try to gather a good sample. They said it wouldn't hurt but it did. Not terribly but very uncomfortable. I wish they would have just put me out. Of course then you have to wait a week for the results. My biopsy came back benign! The surgeon still thought I should have them removed and that would be the only way to know for sure. But my Endocrinologist said it wasn't necessary and that we should just wait and moniter them. He said that 99% of these nodules are benign and lots of people have them. So I decided to listen and take his advice and wait and watch....