Thyroid Nodule

[naughty40me]

I have had swollen lymph nodes for at least 16 weeks now including one "supraclavicular" above my left collarbone.

I finally had a scan on Tuesday and the radiologist said the lymph nodes were all just under 1cm so not a major concern but she had found a suspicious area on my thyroid.

She explained that it fell into the category of "not sure"...she couldnt leave it, and felt I should be seen by ENT who would likely do a biopsy.

She said she would send the report to both them and my GP and that she may be the person I go back to for the biopsy.

So far, (I know it's only been a few days!) I have heard nothing.

GP said the report is still "in progress" and they will make contact with me to arrange a review.

Whenever I've had scans in the past (tummy, kidneys) the report has always shown on my app the next day.

This time there is nothing.

I just want to know if I should be on the two week pathway or not? I hate waiting and not knowing!

Bern googling and understand I need to know if the nodule is U3 or 4 or 5 and the size?

Anyone had a similar experience?

Are they likely to get back to me soon?

Thank you

I have no help for you....sorry x
I'm just bumping it up as it seems to have been missed.
Hang on in there Sweetie. I know it's scary. I had breast cancer a year ago x

Hi OP, I have recent (2024) experience of this. I was pregnant at the time so investigations were limited and I had to wait until I’d had my baby for a diagnostic hemithyroidectomy as my biopsy was inconclusive (U3), and it turned out to be a benign follicular adenoma in the end. There was a hell of a lot of waiting, uncertainty and other nonsense along the way.

My journey was GP > 2ww for ENT > ultrasound guided biopsy > confusion over results and plan > ENT surgeon > surgery. I’ll link the thread I had about it at the time so you can see my timeline, although a lot of my posts on there might not be relevant for you.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/cancer/5113051-pregnant-and-on-2ww-pathway-as-ive-found-a-lump?page=1

Wishing you all the best you can PM me with any questions if you need to.

i cant help with exact but i had U2 nodule 2cm and it sort of disappeared after a year and now it's 0.6cm
i never did anything or took anything for it.

Thank you so much. Im so sorry to hear that you went through all that. I hope you are well now

Thank you so much. I will have a read through...it must have been such a worrying time for you especially when pregnant! I hope you are healed now and keeping well

Oh I didn't know they could shrink, that's interesting, hopefully mine will be the same!

I have been through this this year and found the process slow and frustrating at times.

I was put on the 2 week pathway the beginning of March and only found out I had cancer last week.

I had a biopsy that showed a possibly suspicious nodule, so I had a hemithyroidectomy and it was a very long 6 week wait for the pathology results.

I hope you get a positive result, the waiting is hard.

I got my scan results today. 3 nodules, 2 graded as U2 and one graded as U4.

2ww referral to ENT. Received an email from the hospital to advise they will contact me before Wednesday.

I'm worried but trying not to panic.

I’ve had a liquid cyst (not sure if yours is the same) and needed needle aspiration. The cancer markers were inconclusive. I was told biopsy will mean removing half of the small organ that it is. It was a 50-50 with likelihood of being benign. I left it alone and it never bothered me again.