Friday, October 03, 2008

More About My Thyroid

So a couple of weeks ago I had a sonogram done on my thyroid gland. They found a nodule on the right side. Last monday I had a thyroid scan done (they injected radioactive iodine into my blood and then took pictures with this HUGE robotic rotating machine in the radiology unit at the hospital). They found that the nodule is "cold" - meaning that it was not a growth which is producing T4 & T3 hormones. Next I have an appointment at the hospital next week to have a biopsy done on the nodule. I also made an appointment with an Endocrinologist - a specialist for problems with the thyroid gland.

From the reading I have done, I have a 85% chance that the nodule is benign. I should find out the results of my biopsy in about a week and a half!

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