i have 4 Malignant tumor of thyroid gland
For what reason are they removing your thyroid?
thank you i am going for a total thyroidectemy i=on the 29th of jan ty
What blood tests have been done? It sounds like your symptoms are caused more from being hypothyroid, than from the nodules on your thyroid, which, usually don't cause any symptoms...
If you've had blood tests done, please post the results, here so we can see what they are... Be sure to include reference ranges, since those vary from lab to lab and have to come from your own report.
The most common tumor marker is Thyroglobulin (Tg), but that can be erroneous, if Thyroglobulin Antibodies (TgAb) are present... The presence of TgAb would indicate that you have Hashimoto's, which is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the U.S. Another marker for Hashimoto's is Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies (TPOab)...
Most of us, here on the forum have Hashimoto's as the cause for our hypothyroidism and your symptoms sound very typical. It sounds like you need replacement thyroid hormones.
Thyroid cancer is present in less than 5% of all nodules and death from thyroid cancer is even more rare than that...
There is nothing in your ultrasound that's even recommending a biopsy, let alone thyroid removal... you haven't told me "who" said you need your thyroid removed...
I just had a total thyroidectomy 3 weeks ago due to Follicular cancer. I have a co-worker that just had total thyroidectomy and 15 lymph nodes removed due to Medullary Thyroid Cancer last Friday. If you sister has MTC you can get checked with a blood test to look for tumor markers. MTC is caused from a gene mutation which makes you high risk due to your sister. They may recommend you have your thyroid removed as a precaution if you test positive for the gene mutation or have high calcitonin levels in your blood.
I'm not an expert at reading U/S reports, but it doesn't look like a lot has changed since the last U/S, except that the left lobe is a little larger than it was. You have a dominant nodule, but there's little change since the last U/S.
Did someone tell you you had to have your thyroid removed?
Your TSH is too high... Is that all that's being tested? What about Free T3 and Free T4? Those are the actual thyroid hormones. TSH fluctuates too much and is not a good indicator of actual thyroid status. Ask your doctor to test Free T3 and Free T4... those will tell you why you feel so badly.
When did they increase your Synthroid dose? It takes 4-6 weeks for a dosage change to take full effect.
Are you supplementing vitamin D? If not, you should be. Vitamin D is necessary for proper metabolism of thyroid hormones.
Have you had vitamin B-12 tested?
Who is telling you you need to have your thyroid taken out? What reason did they give?
Can you give us more information? Such a what lab tests have been done, test results with reference ranges, diagnoses, symptoms, etc...