AllisonK
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- Jun 30, 2007
I just found this thread. I'm going for a FNA on Tuesday (weather-permitting, most likely... darn Massachusetts snowstorms). I had an appointment with my PA about a month ago (she is fantastic) because I had been feeling a bit overwhelmed (my job was stressing me out, I was in a car accident in November and miraculously just got some scratches and bruises, almost lost my 18-year-old cat (yup, she's made a miraculous recovery - she was just being a brat while my parents were on vacation and stopped eating for over a week despite a two-day stay at the emergency vet) and am seeing my grandparents deteriorate very quickly) and VERY tired - sleeping 8+ hours a night, drinking lots of water, getting ample exercise (I go to the gym just about every other day and have lost 80 pounds since I graduated college 3 and a half years ago) and still wanting to do nothing more than lay on the couch at night/on the weekends.
Anyway, my PA found a lump, ordered some blood work (all of which came back normal, apparently - even my vitamin D which was 54, up from about 12 four years ago) and an ultrasound. I went for the ultrasound two weeks ago and I have an enlarged thyroid, multiple cysts and a 3.5 cm nodule. I know there is absolutely something going on so naturally I am a bit freaked out. I am also incredibly freaked out at the thought of multiple needles in my throat (I don't particularly do well with needles anyway - I'm better if I can't see them, but I have a feeling there will be no looking away from these needles. I also don't know anything about the endocrinologist I've been referred to - only that my mother's endocrinologist is in the same office - and that is also making me quite nervous.
Anyway, my PA found a lump, ordered some blood work (all of which came back normal, apparently - even my vitamin D which was 54, up from about 12 four years ago) and an ultrasound. I went for the ultrasound two weeks ago and I have an enlarged thyroid, multiple cysts and a 3.5 cm nodule. I know there is absolutely something going on so naturally I am a bit freaked out. I am also incredibly freaked out at the thought of multiple needles in my throat (I don't particularly do well with needles anyway - I'm better if I can't see them, but I have a feeling there will be no looking away from these needles. I also don't know anything about the endocrinologist I've been referred to - only that my mother's endocrinologist is in the same office - and that is also making me quite nervous.