I’ve found that I have what feels like a lump in the right side of my throat when I swallow. It’s been there for a couple days now. Not really sure what I should do. I’ve only seen my primary care doctor once, and she’s an idiot. I have no desire to see her again, in fact, I should really find a different one. Someone that’s more aligned with internal medicine. I’ve been more or less putting that off for a long time now as I’ve been doing fine without.
I’m pretty sure I’m supposed to be scheduled for an ultrasound and blood work next month. Should I wait and see what happens with that? It’s not painful. Nothing is apparent from the outside when swallowing. Maybe the implant moved? I haven’t done any intense coughing or anything that I can think that would cause that to happen. My voice doesn’t sound any different. Maybe something happened with the arytenoid adduction?
Of course the mind goes to a place where my cancer has reoccurred and I’ll have to go through treatment again. I mean they did tell me I’m at a high risk for reoccurrence and it would likely happen within the first five years if it’s gonna happen, and here I am right smack dab in the middle of that. Hmm…
Maybe I’ll call up my Endocrinologist and see if I can get in for the tests sooner in the month rather than later.
Maybe it’s nothing and it’ll go away in a couple days.
Damn.
Under no circumstances should you wait. Call your Endocrinologist immediately and tell them what’s going on and let them decide.
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Under no circumstances should you wait! Call your Endocrinologist immediately and tell them what’s going on and ask their advice.
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While I agree to an extent, it’s also ok to take a wait and see approach with thyroid cancer. I could wait a couple weeks for the ultrasound and it wouldn’t make a difference.
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And how did that work out the last time you had something in your throat that was unusual?
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It’s no longer there. It disappeared a couple days after. Still, waiting a couple weeks for a regularly scheduled ultrasound is completely acceptable when there’s no immediate reason to believe that there’s a recurrence. I haven’t yet heard from them yet to schedule it, so I’ll be getting touch with them tomorrow.
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So where are you on that ultrasound to check everything out?
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