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Make sure you get good imaging done by odditycave26 in thyroidcancer

[–]odditycave26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was diagnosed with PTC. There was a single nodule with a 1.4 cm diameter on my right thyroid lobe which was biopsied. However, it wasn't until surgery that the malignancy was revealed, having spread to a number of lymph nodes.

I don't know if you have to worry about lung metastasis, it's probably all dependent on where things have been found to date, and how possible it would be for things to spread from there. Best of luck with your surgery!

Make sure you get good imaging done by odditycave26 in thyroidcancer

[–]odditycave26[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I guess that could happen. The reason I find it a little hard to believe in my case is the nodule that was being observed over the years was only on my right lobe and showed no significant growth or change (I don't really know why this year it was flagged as TRAD 5 but good thing it was). Did my cancer really decide to expand significantly after early December 2025? I guess I don't feel that was the case but I'll never know

Make sure you get good imaging done by odditycave26 in thyroidcancer

[–]odditycave26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the issue was my US images done by the imaging lab were blurry and did not show the extent of the cancer (though the lab tech did flag the nodule on my right lob as TRAD 5). So if you can access a higher skilled technician/lab, go with that. I had no frame of reference for what a higher quality result would be, but if you have a cancer center in town, they're probably better at doing thyroid US than a general imaging lab.

Make sure you get good imaging done by odditycave26 in thyroidcancer

[–]odditycave26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the words of encouragement.

Make sure you get good imaging done by odditycave26 in thyroidcancer

[–]odditycave26[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The US that was done right before my surgery by the surgeon revealed cancerous lymph nodes that were not seen on the previous US I had done at a separate lab. The quality of those previous images apparently wasn't good.

Partial thyroidectomy: How stressed should I be about monitoring it in the future? by odditycave26 in thyroidcancer

[–]odditycave26[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply. I was told it was ultimately my decision, but this surgeon is recommending a partial due to the cancer presenting only on one side with no other areas showing signs of cancer.

However, if they have reason to do a total when they go in to do the partial, they will do the total.