Hi all,
I had hemithyroidectomy last year for cancer. About 3 months post op started having pain elsewhere (close to lymph nodes) which has continued ever since. I went through a breast cancer clinic today and a spot was identified on ultrasound. The young person was a practitioner rather than a qualified doctor and I doubt has ever seen thyroid cancer let alone possible thyroid cancer nodules in the breast, which I mention because my thyroid cancer shows up as solid hypoechoic and eventually turns from round to taller-than-wide. They said it was nothing…but the hospital and in particular the radiology department have been wrong more often than not. Now I am not trying to say it’s progression of thyroid cancer and inviting trouble but feel rather strongly that if it is it’s better to just face it and deal with it….but there doesn’t seem to be any experience left in the NHS. For example I was told my voice changes were fibromyalgia and it turns out I have a spot on my larynx. I wanted to ask if anyone has had thyroid cancer progress to metastatic disease and how long it took to get experienced help? What treatment options are available?
