Emily Case
Well-Known Member
Well, as mentioned in a previous thread I was booked in for 'Ultrasound Guided Aspiration Thyroid' at 11:20 this morning.
I got there, explained symptoms etc... he was performing the ultrasound when the nurse turned up with her needle to draw out fluid and the Radiologist said "don't bother, there's nothing wrong with it, and nothing wrong with her - sorry we wasted your time".
I've had 2 blood tests on the NHS now (both have come back normal) and 2 doctors have felt the lump in my throat (which was assumed to be a goitre).
I was sent for the ultrasound (as an urgent matter) due to my family history - my mum, nan and great nan all had goitres and under/overactive thyroids, and my nan and great nan both developed thyroid cancer. They all had the gland removed.
Doctors (up until the last one I saw who referred me to the hospital for a scan) think I'm being ridiculous - one even had the audacity to say that I was "looking for an excuse for being so overweight".
My mum kept saying 'I understand how you feel, it took me 29 years to get a diagnosis and they only removed it because the biopsy results were inconclusive and better to be safe than sorry'.
We have discovered that the NHS don't do a Full Thyroid Function blood test - they only test TSH, T3 and T4... to get a full diagnosis, there are countless other things that need to be looked at! The only way to get a full thyroid function test is to go private.
I know I should feel relieved that I'm "normal" but to be honest I feel a bit cheated. My mum now is convinced I've made it all up (even though I haven't tried going private yet - she's decided there's no point) but the symptoms are all so real. I have every single one, bar 3.
I don't want to feel like this for the next 30 odd years. I've suffered with depression for long enough and I'm sick of feeling poorly, tired and worst of all, fat! A constant diet for the last 5 years and only weight gain? That's not living. I don't go out and enjoy myself any more, because everyone judges my weight... I'm miserable.
Can someone please please just give me a little hope. Do you suffer with your thyroid? How did you get diagnosed and how long did it take? Is it genetic? Did people take you seriously?
I'm now starting to doubt myself... maybe I AM normal and am just a hypochondriac?
The comment from my mum hasn't helped either.
"Well, now we know. I don't think there's any point getting other blood tests, to be honest I just think you need to start getting fit. Maybe that lump in your throat is because you've piled the weight on? You have no idea how relieved I am that you're OK"
I just want to scream.... I'M NOT OK, I FEEL LIKE CR*P! :cry:
I got there, explained symptoms etc... he was performing the ultrasound when the nurse turned up with her needle to draw out fluid and the Radiologist said "don't bother, there's nothing wrong with it, and nothing wrong with her - sorry we wasted your time".
I've had 2 blood tests on the NHS now (both have come back normal) and 2 doctors have felt the lump in my throat (which was assumed to be a goitre).
I was sent for the ultrasound (as an urgent matter) due to my family history - my mum, nan and great nan all had goitres and under/overactive thyroids, and my nan and great nan both developed thyroid cancer. They all had the gland removed.
Doctors (up until the last one I saw who referred me to the hospital for a scan) think I'm being ridiculous - one even had the audacity to say that I was "looking for an excuse for being so overweight".
My mum kept saying 'I understand how you feel, it took me 29 years to get a diagnosis and they only removed it because the biopsy results were inconclusive and better to be safe than sorry'.
We have discovered that the NHS don't do a Full Thyroid Function blood test - they only test TSH, T3 and T4... to get a full diagnosis, there are countless other things that need to be looked at! The only way to get a full thyroid function test is to go private.
I know I should feel relieved that I'm "normal" but to be honest I feel a bit cheated. My mum now is convinced I've made it all up (even though I haven't tried going private yet - she's decided there's no point) but the symptoms are all so real. I have every single one, bar 3.
I don't want to feel like this for the next 30 odd years. I've suffered with depression for long enough and I'm sick of feeling poorly, tired and worst of all, fat! A constant diet for the last 5 years and only weight gain? That's not living. I don't go out and enjoy myself any more, because everyone judges my weight... I'm miserable.
Can someone please please just give me a little hope. Do you suffer with your thyroid? How did you get diagnosed and how long did it take? Is it genetic? Did people take you seriously?
I'm now starting to doubt myself... maybe I AM normal and am just a hypochondriac?
The comment from my mum hasn't helped either.
"Well, now we know. I don't think there's any point getting other blood tests, to be honest I just think you need to start getting fit. Maybe that lump in your throat is because you've piled the weight on? You have no idea how relieved I am that you're OK"
I just want to scream.... I'M NOT OK, I FEEL LIKE CR*P! :cry: