r/thyroid

Hi all! I (38f) have an FNA biopsy coming up on the 13th. I have a 0.8cm TIRAD 5 that they won't biopsy because it's under 1.0 cm. and a 1.6cm TIRAD4 that they are performing the FNA on. I'm quite freaked out for obvious reasons, but also they are giving me no numbing or pain medication. They are using an ice pack to "numb the skin" and then just going for it. Seems barbaric to me, and I'm very scared.

I have Kaiser Permanente, and if any of y'all have ever had them for insurance, you know that they don't really reassure you or tell you anything. They kinda just abandon you.

Well, I'm here to ask, is there anything I should know before hand? Anything I need to buy for comfort? Anything I can do to prep myself mentally or physically? Any advice? Thank you in advance!!

Hi yall,
I was diagnosed with hyperthyroid two months ago. Symptoms were palpitations, weight loss, feeling hot all the time, libido drop. Testing showed no real cause so the Dr. assumes it was too much iodine from supplementation (I have no natural source of it in my diet). Regardless, he had me stop the iodine and start 10mg methimazole. Three weeks later and symptoms were a bit better but not totally solved. So we bumped to 20mg. Two weeks after that I felt fantastic. Like, sooooooo good! And then I crashed out on Monday. Irritable as hell. Tired. Cold. Weight gain. So, we’re going to 15mg. How long will I suffer as I wait for this to balance out?