Today was the day. The day I’ve been terrified of for a few months now, biopsy day. I prepared myself as much as I could. I read any and everything I could find online. I went in pretty confident…that didn’t last long.
The first thing the Dr did was an ultrasound of my thyroid. He said the “complex cyst” had grown a bit, but usually thyroid nodules were benign. He then used the ultrasound to check for blood flow in the mass/cyst/nodule/whatever. He said he was pretty concerned because there was a lot of blood flow activity. There went my heart rate.
Next he “numbed the area”<I put that in quotations because it did nothing but burn like hell. He stuck in another needle to take the sample. Let me tell you…..that was soooooo painful! Everything I read online said it wouldn't hurt, its LIES!!! I felt every second , every push and pull, everything. Thank god he only had to do it once. I heard it could take a few tries for get a good sample. Not with this girl! I would have passed out!!
Technically this procedure is called a Fine Needle Aspiration, but referred to as a biopsy (i guess it still is a biopsy but not as invasive) most times because most people don't know what a FNA is. I'll get my results in 2 LONG weeks. I was pretty swollen, and I'm really sore. I'm hoping for the best but I'm also researching like crazy about the worse.
Biopsy day
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