I’m Terrified That I May Have Thyroid Cancer - Please, Read?
Posted on Jul 16, 2010 under cancer news and reports | 15 CommentsHello,
I’m a 20 year old female and I discovered a thyroid nodule in my neck about 5 years ago. It’s about as firm/hard as an apple and it’s around 2cm in size (I can move it around a bit, as well), but it hasn’t grown over the years… at all, actually. I have massive anxiety and depression issues - not to mention, I’m an excessive hypochondriac. I fear that this may be some form of a thyroid cancer and before you question, the answer is "yes" - I have been to the doctors, more than once, regarding this mass. They don’t seem too concerned about it and they have only monitored it with ultrasounds (that’s also how I know that it hasn’t made an growth, since the day I noticed it.) I have no medical and they found it somewhat inconvenient to biopsy it, though they do keep close tabs to make sure that it hasn’t made any significant changes. The only symptoms that I am currently having are heart palpitations and sometimes I find it somewhat hard to breathe/catch my breath - though, it’s not to the extreme. I’m going to be honest, I use to smoke marijuana and a lot of it. I no longer consume alcohol, drugs, or anything of that nature. I noticed that over the past few months, that I started to get these dark circles underneath my eyes (would smoking weed have anything to do with that?) Anyway, I would very much so appreciate any advise that you have to offer. I will continue getting it checked-out and whatnot, but I’m far from being an optimist… with that said, I sadly always fear the worse. My Grandmother had a benign growth on her thyroid, as well, when she was my age (she had hers removed, though, due to rapid growth and it blocking her wind-pipe.) I’m a young mother to an amazing 4 year old son and I want to be around to watch him grow-up and have a family of his own. Thank you, to all that respond to my concern(s).
*I also had some blood work done and it all came out normal.
