Past December a routine blood test showed
my thyroid is hyperactive. Last month,
having the blood tests done again, my
thyroid was still overactive. My doctor
sent me for an ultrasound test that showed
a few nodules on my thyroid, one being big
(1.5 cm) on the left side. Then he sent me
for a radioactive uptake scan, which
showed a big nodule, on the right side
this time. Yesterday I had appointment for
biopsy (Fine needle aspiration). They used
the ultrasound machine to see and guide
them where the nodule was. I was scared
like crazy, as you can imagine (and I
still am), so when I heard the doctor that
he cannot find any nodule on either side,
only a few small, I was really happy but
puzzled also. What in the world is going
on? Is possible that the uptake
radioactive substance shrank the nodule?
Why the 1st sonogram saw the nodule on one
side and the scan on the other side?
I went back to my endo who said that he
will put me on radioactive medication and
we will follow up in 3/6 months with more
ultrasound tests.
