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I also had a thyroid nodule accidentally found on ct scan when preparing for my first ACDF cervical spine surgery in 2022. I found it on the report when paying a surgery bill. My sister had thyroid cancer at age 26 and a full thyroidectomy and radiation. My ultrasound and fine needle aspiration biopsy showed suspicious cells/characteristics so I decided to get a lobectomy of my right lobe later that year. At the time, I was having difficulty swallowing, even liquids, and would choke. Sometimes it affected my speech. The nodule was 2.5 cm and high on the right side so it may have been contributing to my symptoms. Luckily, the large nodule was benign but they found a micro cancer during pathology. Now, I need to have my left lobe monitored due to calcifications as well as my full neck checked regularly for regrowth of thyroid tissue. My mom and cousin had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and now, so do I along with hypothyroidism (take 100 mcg levothyroxine daily).
You may be able to delay addressing your thyroid until you address your other pressing/higher priority issues. You can have your doctor check your blood with a full thyroid panel (TSH, T3, T4, TPO) to see how your thyroid is functioning with the nodule. They do not usually treat with medication unless thyroid function is too high or low and if nodules get so large they cause breathing, swallowing and speaking issues.