Be honest with me! Thyroid biopsy

its fine, I had several. They will numb the area up. The worse bit was not being supposed to swallow whilst the needle goes in. I would say just a bit uncomfortable and really nothing to worry about. Dentist and smear test are worse!

It was absolutely nothing. The guy doing it told me he had to train for 14 years to be able to do it and that’s why is on the megabucks because they are in their 30s by the time they qualify. I absolutely hate people touching my neck so I was worried before it too but genuinely it was the gentlest and least painful or invasive thing I have ever had done ( and I faint after smear tests!)

you will be fine, wear your headphones, put your favourite music on and you can do this!!

Hey, I was also quite worried, had mine done just today and it was actually better than a normal injection, barely felt a scratch.

@Cupofteaandbiscuits have you had any results yet? I had my ultrasound on Christmas Eve and she told me the results straight away, I actually have an intracystic haemorrhage where I coughed so hard when I had flu that a blood vessel bled into a cyst on my thyroid, hence it coming up overnight! It's quite rare apparently but no malignancy so that's good, I have a follow up scan in 3 months.

Hoping for good news for you!

I'm glad it went well. Mine was troublesome (painless for me though!). It's really likely that the gagginess is from a virus and unrelated.

I'm not sure how it could cause that? Are you sure you haven't got the start of the throat/cold virus thing going around. That gagging sensation is how mine started.

I had one. Am frightened of needles.

i had local anaesthetic. Was warned I might feel a dull acheyness, but actually felt nothing at all. Was an ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy. Totally painless.

I had one. Am frightened of needles.

i had local anaesthetic. Was warned I might feel a dull acheyness, but actually felt nothing at all. Was an ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy. Totally painless.

I’ve had an FNA and a core biopsy. Both had some local anaesthetic, and were uncomfortable but not painful. Straight back at work after both, and a cyst was drained at the first one after which my neck looked normal again, so on balance all good.

My journey started in the summer. Needle biopsy fine. Core biopsy was rather horrid to be honest but in big scheme of things not a massive deal. Was back at work 20mins later chairing a meeting

I had one (quite a lot of years ago now). It wasn't painful, just uncomfortable in the same way an ultrasound is, keeping your head / neck still in a slightly odd position and as soon as I start thinking I should try not to swallow I really need to swallow! No anesthetic but I might have taken a couple of paracetamol?

Best thing is just to try and think about something else, try and get yourself immersed in a thought - plan the timing for Christmas dinner or put together a January sales shopping list and it will be over before you know it.

The more you panic the worse it will be. So instead of concentrating on (what is) a very, very minor and simple medical procedure think instead of what you're going to that night, once it's done and in the following days - getting ready for Christmas, etc.

What you're doing at the moment is imaging the very worst part of a horror movie when the hero is about to die a grisly death - and then you walk out of the cinema with that exact frame in your head and scare yourself silly for days afterwards. But instead if you project forward to the end of the film when everyone survives and walks off into the sunset you'll see that there was absolutely nothing to worry about.

With my DH they told him it was cancer (almost certainly) during the biopsy- he was admitted straight away and operated on within 24 hours.

I’ve had two. They were fine. No anesthesia. Small pinch from the needle and it was over fairly quickly.

I will say, like any medical procedure, the more you can keep still and just let them get on with it, the faster and easier it will be.

I wasn't offered local anaesthetic, but I think that having an injection of that first wouldn't have helped, I find those injections sting quite a lot and then you have to wait for it to work.

It really is fine, I barely felt it. Was just a bit uncomfortable afterwards. You'll be fine xx

Good luck

Hope all goes well.
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It really is fine, the biopsy is uncomfy at the time, but quick recovery. Like @GenerationXr I have also had a partial thyroidectomy for a benign nodule and had a very similar experience and recovery time. Good luck!

I've had several thyroid biopsies (and ultrasounds too). Not painful, just a slight discomfort, but was able to drive myself home 20 minutes after and get home to cook my DC's dinner. During one biopsy, the doctor actually drained a thyroid cyst (as he wanted to check it out) and it felt great to have movement back in my neck again. Eventually, I did have a partial thyroidectomy as I have Hashimotos and had a massive benign nodule growing which my doctor thought should be best removed. Even that (done under a general and with an overnight stay in hospital) was ok, just felt a bit bruised for a few days but coped with paracetamol afterwards...Good luck OP

I've had a few. The first was both lobes and very painful but suspect that was due to the person doing it, waggling the needles around 😠Took painkillers and I was OK in an hour.

I last one I had, the doctor was a bit of a joker. He said, very seriously, not to drink water for an hour afterwards in case it spouted out of the hole and for a second I believed him!!

Slightly painful, but nothing unbearable! I would be prepared to not swallow while the needle is in though, as it can move the biopsy needle out of where it needs to be- I know that’s hard to do though! I’d advise breathing through your nose, not your mouth so your mouth doesn’t get dry and give you the urge to swallow. But yes, absolutely fine ❤️