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TIRAD 4 and worried about thyroid cancer

Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Sep 17 4:33pm | Replies (34)
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@msmarissa7

Hello,
I’m so sorry you had to go through all of this!
It’s so scary just being told might be benign is not enough for me. It’s unbearable to be on edge for 6-12 for waiting for another exam.
I am literally in the same situation you were in last year. Not knowing what to do.
I was diagnosed with nodules, I have had thyroid issues for years now but I’m in remission it is categorized TR 4 . My biggest nodule is considered borderline it is 1.5 cm.
I found a breast lump that was birads 3.
I was told to wait 6 months. For another ultrasound on both. My paternal and maternal grandmother had previously had breast cancer and my maternal had thyroid cancer. I just want answers.
I hope you are doing better. Did you end up getting additional support or a second opinion? I just am not sure where I should go with this.

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andreag | @andreag | Apr 9 5:32am

Hi there - i did see the ENT on March 6. He opted to wait until september to do another ultrasound and see if it's grown at all - he felt that at 1.1 cm it was slightly too small to do a biopsy - he apparently does it by feeling with his hand and it's not an ultrasound guided biopsy (not sure how i feel about that) but i felt ok waiting until September. I wish you luck on you journey - are you going to seek a second opinion? Waiting is so hard - on one hand i get it - thyroid cancer is very treatable and rarely spreads (most types anyway) so it's probably ok to wait but i dislike how nonchalant some docs are with this..i mean cancer is cancer and it's scary - i do understand that i think their attitude is supposed to be reassuring but to most people it doesn't seem to be,

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