@bluesplashgirl Good for you for asking for thyroid protection during X-rays. I do that too. I wanted you to know there are other reasons for thyroid nodules other than cancer. I have had multiple nodules for many years from Hashimoto's Thyroiditis which is an autoimmune thyroid condition. I have even see them shrinking in size over the years and now I am just borderline for this condition. I did have a needle biopsy of a nodule and it was confirmed to be benign. My environmental medicine doctor thought that my thyroid was affected by the mercury that out gasses from old silver dental amalgam fillings. My blood levels of antibodies against my thyroid were off the charts until I had all the old fillings removed and then it was present in a low range. Not all doctors accept that as a cause. My thyroid is spent because of this and I take thyroid hormones to replace what I need. My doctor's comment about multiple nodules was that most of the time, they are not cancerous, but only a biopsy can confirm that.

I have had a lot of imaging too where my thyroid was not protected because I am a cervical spine surgery patient and it would have prevented getting the needed images. Thanks for bringing this information to light because it is important.