Hi. I've been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer that has invaded my trachea. It was found by way of checking something else. I was hoarse for a long time with a weird cough and then started coughing up blood. When biopsied there were thyroid cancer cells in my trachea. That's what lead the dr to check my thyroid. Tomorrow I will undergo having my thyroid, lymph nodes and a section of my trachea removed in Mayo Clinic Phoenix. I've had quite a few surgeries in my 66 years but none of them made me as nervous as this one.