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[Auriel]

Hi everyone (hope all is ok) anyway, today I got results from a throat CT I had a few week's ago, they said there's benign nodules on my thyroid (which can explain why I've been so tired lately, and less active on the forum) just wondered has anyone had any experience with anything like this? (Not sure if I should get them removed)

 

[SBee]

Hello Lovely @Auriel those pesky thyroids give us the run around dont they? I have hypothyroidism so my thyroid is underactive and need to take thyroxine to bring the levels back up.Never had nodules as far as I know.

I did have a little browse around and found The British Thyroid website. It looks an easy site to get around, and I typed ' nodules ' into the search bar and quite a bit of info comes up. Importantly, they also have contact phone numbers to offer support and advice, including medical questions.
May help you understand things a little better, and contact them if need be?

Did the dr or hospital not give you any follow ups? Or indeed any helpful advice? Or medication to get the thyroid levels back on track? I know how ill this can make you feel, so I send a gentle hug your way, sorry you have been feeling so bleurgh.

 

[Auriel]

Thanks @SBee , I just got a letter that's all, from the hospital with the results, they said if I keep getting symptoms, to be referred to endocrine (thanks for reply)

 

[BlueBells]

@SBee @Badger @Auriel

Hi all, I've not been on here much lately. However, I dropped in tonight and spotted a new poster @Burns79 and somehow his first post didn't show. @sunkacola replied to him, noting that his post was not showing and has no explanation.

Could you please add his name name with the @ so that he knows he is welcomed here.

If you read his posts under "New Poster" you will understand why I made this rather unusual request.

Take care all of you, I'm trying to "dance with fibro" and rest sufficiently to appease the gremlins, so far so good

 

[Auriel]

That's so sweet
@BlueBells , ok, welcome @Burns79, (apparently there was some squiffley glitch with the post) welcome to our forum , hope you will stay for a while (and feel supported), hope to get to know you better ( and that joining our forum will bring you what you wanted ), many blessings

 

[Badger]

@BlueBells Hi and sorry for the late reply. @Burns79 welcome to the forum, as a fellow man dealing with Fibro, I wish you well in your struggles to cope.

 

[Badger]

Just thinking out loud, I'm sure that many will understand when Fibro puts a stop to things. It's partly related to me not posting much on forums. Depression, fatigue and brain fog can seem to zap the initiative leaving us to fall behind. Pain can also spoil things, I had a painful reminder of this lately while trying to study online (legal advice, second language, etc.). Ten mins with my phone or laptop and my neck stiffens up leaving me with a headache the rest of the day.

It's why I had to quit college 20 years ago, but I can try to dip in and out a little. Best wishes to all members and guests today.

 

[Auriel]

Thanks @Badger
(I'd like to be more active with different things too, but I'm super super tired) I was going send a well wishing message to the forum today, but I'm so peaky, (we had the same idea!) yes it's very sad and annoying when you want to do thing's but body says no (just bit by bit)

 

[sunkacola]

Depression, fatigue and brain fog can seem to zap the initiative leaving us to fall behind.

So very true, Badger. I am fortunate in that I have very little in the way of brain fog, but the level of deep depression that I experience most of the time makes up for that in spades! (haha) Lately, it has been paralyzing to me, making me simply unable to do anything at all some days, and very little on other days. It also saps energy like crazy, and then if a person has physical pain sapping energy as well........

Well, you know. It's really a deadly combination. And unless a person has experienced it, they will not be able to grasp just how bad it can be. I sure wish there were something that would change it for all of us who are having to live with it.

 

[Badger]

@Auriel @sunkacola thank you, I appreciate the understanding, it's quite sobering to realize how sapping the depression can be and how easy it is to fall behind. It really can stop us in our tracks, evil bugger

 

[johnsalmon]

I am fortunate in that I have very little in the way of brain fog

I hate the brain fog - I lectured at Uni and was the main speaker at seminars relied heavily on brain power with excellent memory etc I now sign up for the free short USA University courses but hardly can complete them I still do some programming on the computer but it is a long hard exercise - really hate losing my "brain" ability

 

[30 plus years]

I'm so debilitated by my pain every single day, all day. I don't get much done because I can't. And usually when I dare to do something semi-constructive (even taking a short walk) I pay for it big time. It is very depressing, and I fight really hard to not sink down. It's exhausting.

 

[Badger]

@30 plus years sorry to hear of your difficulty, you explain it well. It's exhausting with the upset of being sore beforehand and worst after. It must take a lot of energy mentally for you not sinking down.

 

[sunkacola]

I'm so debilitated by my pain every single day, all day. I don't get much done because I can't. And usually when I dare to do something semi-constructive (even taking a short walk) I pay for it big time. It is very depressing, and I fight really hard to not sink down. It's exhausting.

Indeed it is very exhausting. I fully empathize with this, and know it myself: the combination of the physical pain and the depression and anxiety, all of which feed into and exacerbate each other, and take up so much energy. This is one of the hardest things, I think, for people who have not experienced this to grasp.