Scheduled for a right removal and possibly both right and left thyroid. When the dr goes in to remove right side he has to biopsy it for cancer. If shows cancer will remove entire thyroid. I have several multiple nodules of which some do not look normal at all. Biopsy came back 60% chance not cancer. So ruled benign. I am scared to death. Have struggled for years only to be told thyroid was normal!!!! Now i have a goiter, multiple nodules and i cant get my head wrapped around possibly having cancer! I have felt so tired and worn and in pain for so long i want to just feel good. People often act like i am lazy or pretending (although i have 4 kids and work up to 70 hours a week with my own business (restaurant and cakery). Dr has even prescribed meds for my mental health because all tests come back good!!! I am ready to just give up on feeling better. Will having the thyroid removed help me? I am concerned. Four beautiful kids who need their mom and a husband who deserves a wife who can take care of him. So now i am even more depressed and more concerned (for my families sake).
Sherry...I say just relax. No matter which way it goes you will be fine. If the right side only comes out, that's great. If the left side has to come out it will work out. I had a full thyroidectomy in September and I'm doing great. I took 2 tries to get my replacement med right but now I'm back to feeling good. And even if it is the dreaded "C", the good news is thyroid "c" is one of the easiest to cure. I had both sides out as I had toxic nodules and the surgeon told me he's seen it too often where one side comes out then the second side develops the same problem and has to come out. Your anxiety level will go down quicker than you can imagine after the surgery happens whichever way it goes. Relax, it sounds like you're in good hands. When is the surgery scheduled for?
I had a full removal 5 years ago. Loads of nodules that made it look like a lunar landscape and a b great lump the doctors said wasn't there ( you could see the damn thing under the skin and they still said it was my imagination ), then I had an 'emergency biopsy' of the lump that was really alarming followed by a full removal. After the surgeon got in there and cut off the blood supply it took an hour for my thyroid to reduce in size sufficiently for him to get it out of my neck. 4 hours afterwards I was eating coronation chicken and salad in a midnight feast.
It all turned out OK, and while it took a while to get the meds right and I still can't do all the things I used to as I run out of steam, you can easily live without a thyroid .... and if they find a problem they will remove it and you won't have to worry :-)
Its very scary at your stage but you will be OK :-) Even if you don't have all the energy you had before, and that is down to fine tuning the replacement thyroxin, then the family will be only too pleased to help - ;-)))))
It is an inconvenience, not a disaster - honest !