Thyroid

I finally got the test results back from the fine needle aspiration of my thyroid nodules! For whatever reason, the doctor that I am working with for my thyroid didn’t send me the results right away and waited until we had our next in-person appointment. I was getting pretty nervous because I figured that meant it was bad news. But thankfully, I was wrong! Your browser does not support the audio element. Let me backtrack a little bit. I had blood results something like six months ago that showed markers for Hashimoto’s disease. My primary care doctor decided to do an ultrasound of my thyroid to see if I had any physical signs because my hormone levels were fine. This should have been quick, but the company they used for the ultrasounds happened to get switched out at the same time. This caused a delay, and honestly, I didn’t push very hard because I was dealing with a lot of other problems at the time. My primary care doctor said that Hashimoto’s mainly just messed with your thyroid levels, and mine were fine, so there wasn’t much urgency to it. ...