--- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, "debbie03457"
<debbieford1@e...> wrote:
>

Thank you Deborah and Lisa for your responses. It's so nice to have
this place to come to and ask questions. I did not realize that
there was a group for thyroid problems. I came upon it by chance.
I do belong to a group for cancer support (I am a 19 year breast
cancer survivor). My faith is strong and I will kieep praying for
my Andrea.

Thanks again.......Lorna V.




> Hi,
>
> I have not had this experience, but I know of someone who has
> recently gone through what sounds like exactly the same thing.
>
> I had thyroid cancer, so she contacted me for support. She had
> goitiers (multiple hypoechoic nodules? maybe?) they were lumps
> growing in her neck. She was told to wait for a few months, she
was
> also told at the time that the likelyhood of her needing thyroid
> surgery was minimal. Then she went in for a few scans and was
told
> told that a part of her thyroid was not functioning correctly.
>
> Rather than have a partial thyroidectomy to return a few years
later
> to have the remainder removed if her symptoms persisted, she chose
> (under advice from her doctors) to have a full thyroidectomy. And
> when I spoke to her last she was doing really well.
>
> I have searched the web for your main descriptive words (multiple
> hypoechoic nodules & parenchyma) and I suspect that your daughter
is
> going through a similar thing.
>
> Her TSH was a whacking great high figure!!! I am surprised she
did
> not feel any symptoms, I would have slept 23 hours a day with that
> high a TSH.
>
> I wish her well, please, let us know of her progress through this.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Deborah Ford
>
>
> --- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, "kiniki_1" <kiniki_1@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have a 23 year old daughter who has hypothyroid. She was
> diagnosed
> > a year ago. Her TSH was 630.....T 3's were 52 and T 4's were
189.
> > She was put on Synthroid. At the time of diagnosis she had an
> > ultrasound and it came back with 3 solid nodules. She was told
to
> > leave it for 6 months and maybe the nodules would shrink. We
just
> got
> > the results of the second ultrasound and now it says that she
has
> > multiple hypoechoic nodules and that the parenchyma is more
> hypoechoic
> > than normal tissue. There is no dominant nodule and no
> > calcification. What does this mean? They now want her to have
a
> > thyroid scan. She had more blood work done and is seeing the
> doctor
> > for the results today. Through all of this she has nad NO
symptoms
> of
> > any kind. I am very worried about her.
> >
> > Has anyone here had a similar experience?
> >
>