I had half of my thyroid removed in Sept.04. There was a large cyst and a solid component to the nodule (benign). About 3 months later I was diagnosed as hypothyroid. Got on some Levothyroxine, and I seem to be doing okay....can't loose weight to save my life though.....
A couple weeks ago, I started feeling a tickle in my throat, like before my first surgery. It started happening just when I was in bed, so I didn't call the Dr. right away. I did call her though, because the tickle hasn't gone away, and has gotten worse. She's gotten me in to have an ultrasound (4/19), and to see her after that (5/1).
What I am wondering is, what is the likelyhood that it's back, and could it be cancer? I know the stats (95% Benign/ 5% cancer)....but I am wondering if they are any different for someone with a recurring nodule? Any feedback from anyone who has been through something similar would be much appreciated. I cant seem to find info on this anywhere!
Thanks so much!!!! I had my thyroid removed because of cancer.
If you've had nodules, their could be a possibility that it is cancer.. get an ultrasound done to check for nodules.. if they are present I would insist on an FNA..
lastly, I would NOT recommend having a complete removal of the thyroid gland, it is a horrendous experience.
good luck I've had my entire thyroid gland removed because I had a toxic multinodular thyroid gland that became a goiter the size of a large orange. Surgery was just a year ago and not to add to your stress or anything, I was told that it was better to get the whole thing removed rather than leaving even a part of it at the risk of more nodules.
My advice to you - get it checked and if there is a nodule there just get the whole thing removed. Your on thyroid pills now so that shouldn't matter. I was hypothyroid and my body had basically shut down, it was nearly impossible to lose weight, etc, etc - you know how it goes. Long story short - life is so much better without it. I take a thyroid pill every morning when I wake up, I get it my TSH tested every 6 months. Another advantage is that you won't have to constantly have your thyroid med level adjusted - it was an absolute nightmare for me because my body would never be at the level it needed it to be b/c my thyroid gland at the time kept changing.
For peace of mind get it checked. Psychological Vaccination against Diseases>>
The following analytical meditation will either cure your diseases or give you the ability to live happily with them or do both. Say to yourself:
I am ill
as most people of the world are.
All have some diseases or other:
either in the body or in the mind.
The body may have diseases for three reasons:
Inheritance
The consequence of karma and
Predetermination or Fate.
The blood that I was made from
had some special capabilities in it
together with some incapabilities.
The capabilities are intellect
power of memory,
physical strength
mental strength,
determination,
gentleness,
leadership,
or one or more other characteristics. From my forefathers I have got honor, wealth, relatives, habit, instinct, etc. These are the inheritances of which I am enjoying the benefits and also will continue to enjoy.
Therefore it is also my responsibility
to enjoy the inconveniences
that I have inherited.
If I do not accept the diseases
of my forefathers
then my children will not accept anything
from my disease, suffering, and responsibilities.
They will only receive my wealth
and throw me into the grave.
My mind asks me:
Why did my forefathers contact diseases?
Couldn鈥檛 it be otherwise?
And I have the answer to this question:
An individual or group survives only to achieve a goal, a cosmic purpose, which the individual or the nation achieves consciously or unconsciously
by dint of their capabilities or opportunities
or by way of satisfying the need of the instinct
or reacting to necessity.
But if that individual or nation
does something that may result in their inability to do that duty, then they fall prey to diseases as a consequence of the law of equilibrium.
There arrive in them weakness, inability, and at last control, as a result of which they cannot transgress the limits even if they ignorantly want to, or they simply do not want to do so.
As a result the divine possibility that is hidden in them
remains intact for a predetermined period
and gets transmitted into the next generation
in order to get expressed.
And as long as the tendency to transgress the limits
remains active in them
the diseases also keep hibernating in them
so as to save their worth.
Therefore the diseases that my forefathers have given me
are my real inheritance.
I whole-heartedly embrace all my diseases.
High blood pressure, diabetes
飥?these are not any diseases 飥?br>
they are doctors of humans飥?br>
teaching us the rules of self-control.
If somebody did not have these diseases,
then also, in order to be adequately human,
they would have to willingly control themselves
as much as they are doing now against their will.
It is good to be wise
after being afflicted by trouble.
Knowledge never forgives humans:
They have to be wise 飥?br>
willingly or unwillingly.
If a group of people remains ignorant for a long time,
then a time will come when its progeny
will either deny their unsuccessful, abominable past
or entomb the ignorance by acquiring a lot of knowledge.
Man becomes wise only by denying ignorance.
If an individual or group of people fails to do so
then they are destroyed.
Still that ignorance cannot be in vain
because its history makes others wise.
So it will not be good for me to take any more time to be wise.
Some diseases are created by my own karma.
The Quran as well as any other scripture says that
everything has its measure and limit.
For this reason a transgression in anything
upsets the equilibrium law of existence.
The consequence creates diseases 飥?br>
of the body and the mind.
At first what falls prey to diseases is the mind,
though usually the fact eludes our eyes.
Then the society.
And the body at last.
And epidemic!
The world is woven into the mesh of the law of causality.
If something is supposed to take place
as a result of something else taking place,
it must take place if the latter does.
Any exception is not desirable.
If a cause would not create the expected result,
then we could not desire good results after doing good deeds.
Because we expect good results from good acts,
we do not have the right to escape the consequences of something bad
once we have done it.
If, for example, I walk about in the rain and get wet as I please
for five hours
and catch cold and have fever,
then there is nothing to be surprised at.
Rather, I should be happy about it,
since nature has not violated her own rules.
If, on the other hand, I do not fall ill,
then that will seem abnormal.
The Quran says that man was created in toil.
Therefore if I want to remain healthy
without doing hard work or taking exercise
then it will sound absurd.
Lack of hard labor and excessive eating
are the causes of diabetes
and high blood pressure.
So I will take hard work as part of life.
There are some diseases that are predetermined
鈹€ be that predetermination set a million years or only an hour ago.
Whatever has been preordained for me according to the Universal Wisdom
is undoubtedly good for me.
That is because it is a test for me.
The desire to get a certificate without sitting for the exam
is only a vain desire.
In the race with hurdles,
the hurdles are the most important things to enjoy.
A competition loses its right to be called a competition
when its hurdles are removed.
Whenever I get something as a grace from God
I also get some problems and diseases with it.
That is because in that way God limits my activities
and desires
so that I do not want to touch the sky.
Uncontrolled pleasure may be a cause of destruction.
Therefore, my Lord knows very well how much happiness
mixed with how much sorrows
will maintain the balance for me.
If I have patience, then,
when there will be no possibility
of my making any further undesirable mistake,
those troubles and diseases will vanish.
My body cannot tolerate some types of food.
This means that it will be good for me to stay away from them.
So I will control myself in such cases.
If the body could accept whatever the mind wants,
then neither the body nor the mind
would be pleasured
after getting any pleasure.
There are birds that time and again
eat some pebbles
even if there is no paucity of food.
When cats and dogs eat too much
they sometimes eat some amount of grass
or some sharp leaves of some plants
and vomit willingly.
What it all means is that
sometimes the body needs something
that is not tasty or pleasurable,
and that something that is pleasurable
may have to be discarded if taken too much.
Diseases do the cleaning in the body
about the things that might be fatal
in the future
even if they seem to be pleasurable at present.
The specialty of my personality
lies in my diseases.
However, there is nothing bad in using medicine,
rather, it is better than remaining ill.
Again, curing diseases
and showing the right attitude to them
are not the same thing.
When our attitude to diseases
becomes correct
we either get rid of all diseases
or are benefited by them more than harmed.
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