This year

So last year, 2011, I told my Endocrinologist that I felt tightness in my throat and felt like I couldn't catch my breath. I had been having a little trouble swallowing too. He dismissed it and said it wouldn't have anything to do with the nodules. I asked if we should do an ultrasound and he said that we would do it later. I also asked him at my next appointment and he put me off again. I called to make an appointment one day and they told me the reason he was so hard to get into was that he was retiring an working limited hours. I couldn't get into see him for 4 months! So then I decided, heck with him, I will just go back to the surgeon who saw me. He said that it could very well be my thyroid nodules and ordered an ultrasound. The ultrasound came back saying that 2 nodules had grown significantly! One had more than doubled in size and was over 2cm. He then ordered another fine needle biopsy (FUN). The FNB came back benign again. What a relief! But we still had a nodule that was growing and my doctor said he thought surgery to take out that half of the thyroid was the best option. He also told me a story about a guy that he had just done surgery on, who's biopsy was also benign but ended up being cancer when they got in there. This concerned me so I agreed. We set up the surgery for 1 1/2 weeks later. I called my Endocrinologist and left a message that I was having the surgery. His nurse called back and said that he said that it wasn't necessary and he'd talk to me about it at my appointment in April. I wasn't listening to him this time. Surgery here I come.