Had the doc turn up a thyroid problem, nodule. I opted for an ultrasound, which turned out to show three nodules. I opted for a biopsy, which involves a thin needle into the thyroid while you’re not out cold, nor in any wise sedated or restrained.
Piece of cake: doc deadened it really well, and it went very smoothly, no pain except stiffness for holding the angle for an hour. I’ve had flu shots hurt worse.
Then a wait for the results.
And benign. No problem. We are very pleased.
And I am truly very pleased as well! Excellent news.
“Benign” is almost as good as “normal.”
Scary indeed. Very glad to hear everything is as well as it could be! Modern medicine for the win!
– sigh of relief –
Your thyroid medications can adapt to this? Or is this the underlying reason why you needed them?
Very good news, indeed! So happy that all is well!
The doc has upped the dose a bit. Lucky me, I have for some years had a mild case of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, which we knew; plus benign cysts are a relatively common thyroid problem in the general population. Essentially, with Hashimoto’s, your immune system decides it doesn’t like your thyroid and starts attacking it—I mean, I get out of Oklahoma because of my horrid allergies, the immune system feels unloved, so now it turns on my thyroid. I recalled that bout of iritis this fall and thought I ought to tell my endocrinologist about that, since the opthamologist remarked it could be related to thyroid problems. And funny thing, I’ve been troubled by watering eyes off and on, and now they’re not doing that, since the biopsy. I’ll be interested to see if it now stops. Probably, however, much as I would like to go back to my contact lenses, if I am having this problem, I just shouldn’t irritate my eyes and risk my cranky immune system attacking my eyes as well. So….I think I’ll just stick to my glasses. Sigh. The good news is that a little pill is all I need, and my endocrinologist is a very good guy.
Whew, glad to hear that it is treatable and that your doc is watching out for any problems!
Oh thank goodness! I’m so glad to hear you are OK. *hugs*
I see a lot of ads on TV touting new drugs for autoimmune diseases; lupus, psoriasis & Crohn’s come to mind. They while the pictures show everybody happy and smiling, the voice-over reads off the list of complications, “some fatal.” I remember learning of “cognitive dissonance”. 😉 I hear the voice-over and keep thinking, “Why would any sane person risk taking that stuff?”
“They” —> “Then” (right finger, wrong row)
Because read up on the symptoms:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus_erythematosus and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoriasis
When you have one of these diseases, you get to the point where you’ll take a drug that might kill you, because it might not.
HUGE sign of relief!
It is a good thing to hear! May all our distresses end so well!
More than pleased, I’m sure. Lumps are scary.
I had to laugh recently when a friend commented that some alternative therapies include therapeutic intestinal parasites, to give your immune system something constructive to deal with.
One word: eeeewwww.
Very pleased to hear it was relatively inoffensive. May all our troubles be so.
Where to you think the “probiotic” intestinal “cultures” (bacteria), that are advertized all over TV these days, are cultured from? 😉
I’ll go with the difference between bacteria that are symbiotic with our gut and help us digest stuff, rather than the image I got of critters that might be refugees from House or CSI! Just because something is ‘natural’ (like arsenic or poison oak!) doesn’t mean it’s 100% good for you.
Off topic, but EXCITING!
http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/03/protector-excerpt?utm_source=Feedburner%3A+Frontpage+Partial+RSS+Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torcom%2FFrontpage_Partial+%28Tor.com+Frontpage+Partial+-+Blog+and+Stories%29
Sorry about the long URL. . .
As may be, but dhawktx is right. I’ve read of that treatment being used several times. It makes news because it’s not what people expect as an effective treatment. Killing off the worm infestation is straight forward, much easier than fixing an immune system gone awry.
I looked at that and find it curious, possibly effective (for some inflammatory diseases), and not a little creepy. I’d have to think long and hard about the pros and cons of deliberately doing that to myself!
Really glad you’re OK!
There’s also re-wounding. If a wound does not heal well, a small cut or puncture is made in the heart of it. This is supposed to summon the healing humors to the area. I have read some modern info that seems to indicate this might actually happen. I don’t know what they are calling it now of days, though.
Thank you all. I’m doing fine. In fact, one was a cyst, which (pardon me) drained. Curiously, I had been feeling a little oddness about the area, which I really realized when the ultrasound had run over it and disturbed it. An area became rather tender. Immediately after the biopsy, I was aware that the pressure was not there. So I entertained some entirely amateur hope that that was all it was. And it was. My doc sent me the lab report: good clear tests, definitively not a problem. Funny what we can tell of something ‘wrong’ that deep.
I started calling that ‘the inseeing’ when I was about fifteen. It is very useful in stretches and range of motion exercises.