I had a FNA two years ago. They gave me conscious sedation. I slept right
through it. I had no pain. I did have to go to a room and keep an icepack on
it for a couple of hours before they let me go home. I hope this helps.


To: ThyroidDisease2@...: webpoet1@...: Wed, 26 Mar 2008
09:27:17 -0400Subject: [ThyroidDisease] Thyroid nodules: FNA aspiration




On April 8th, I will be undergoing an ultrasound guided?FNA (fine needle
aspiration) of some thyroid nodules that I have.They will only be doing a biopsy
on one of the nodules: 3 of the 4 are only cysts, and they are not interested in
those: but will be biopsying the one that is "a complex mass inside a cyst": as
that is more likely to be malignant, although the chances are still low. I have
a couple of questions: how painful will it be, really? Apparently they will not
be using anyanesthesia: because sometimes using anesthesia can cause blood in
the results and interfere with reading them. Will it compare to, say, the pain
of a shot? Or worse?And since it is ultrasound guided: am I going to have a lot
of the "choky feeling" thatI had when they did the original ultrasound? I felt
really choky both by lying on my back,and also from the ultrasound pressing down
on my thyroid. Finally, when do they usually report on the results? Will there
be some preliminary results,or will it take: a couple days? Or a week? Or what?
And if I don't hear back in a couple days is this "good news", meaning that
preliminarily it didn't look malignant? I am feeling very worried about this:
because my partner is a 3 year breast cancer survivor,my mother is a 15 year
colon cancer survivor, and before my DAd passed away at 86 of other causes, he
had had the beginnings of multiple myeloma: a bone cancer (of course, he was a
lifelong hobby photographer at a time when this meant having?a home darkroom
with many chemicals,and was also, by profession, a chemist: so this may have
been environmental).? No genetic link with my partner of course: but still it
reminds me that these things can happen.In the meantime until I find out, will
try to keep positive and realize that cancer is unusual and these nodules are
very common.Laurie[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]






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