Lump in thyroid

[liitlepenguin]

I was wondering if I can join and ask for any advice. My husband has been for an MRI last week after suffering pain in his neck for about 9 months. Last night our GP rang and made an appointment for my husband this morning. We asked last night was it anything serious. We were told catergorically it wasn't it was just routine following the MRI.

I went to work as normal and then got a call from my husband after his appointment to be told the MRI scan had shown a 5cm mass in his thyroid and his gp said in light of the size it's likely to be cancerous. He is being seen by ENt next week. Has had a blood test this afternoon and a USS next Monday.

I am so angry and feel fucking awful when I wasn't with him this morning,

Having now googled lumps in thyroids it appears that Lots of usually benign so I don't know why the GP said likely malignant.

Does anyone have any experience of masses in thyroids or how quickly we will know, thanks in advance x

Bump

My brother had a 7 cm mass on his thyroid that was crushing his vocal cords. He had a biopsy and it was benign. So size is NOT an indication of cancer.
He had his whole thyroid removed because of the size.

@liitlepenguin any update ?

My nephew had a hard mass in his thyroid. Was told it was 99% sure it was cancerous. He had it out along with most of his thyroid to be told when he went back a couple of weeks later it was actually benign.

I'd try not to worry until you get the histology report.