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Weight Loss/Maintenance

PassingFair

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7. Technically, ANY swelling of or on the thyroid gland is called a "goiter".

Reply to Faux pas (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 11:39 AM

Sep 2015

...I was surprised to see the word on my ultrasound write-up, because I have
no visible swelling.

The ENT that I went to for an unrelated issue could FEEL it though, which is why
I had the ultrasound.

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Anybody here have hypothyroid? [View all] Faux pas Sep 2015 OP

thanks for this... dhill926 Sep 2015 #1

You're welcome dhill926 Faux pas Sep 2015 #2

Hypothyroid here LynneSin Sep 2015 #3

I knew about the soy/thyroid Faux pas Sep 2015 #5

I'm scheduled for a needle biopsy on a "nodule" on my thyroid.... PassingFair Sep 2015 #4

I have a goiter myself, Faux pas Sep 2015 #6

Technically, ANY swelling of or on the thyroid gland is called a "goiter". PassingFair Sep 2015 #7

Got the results of my biopsy this morning...all good. PassingFair Oct 2015 #8

Whoa PassingFair! Faux pas Oct 2015 #9

Thanks Faux Pas.... PassingFair Oct 2015 #10

Xanax or Valium is the way to go Lars39 Apr 2016 #13

A lesson that is seared into my nervous system! PassingFair Apr 2016 #14

these tests are something else aren't they. Lars39 Apr 2016 #15

And the insult to actual injury.... PassingFair Apr 2016 #16

Gah! And then there's wrestling with providers over who is going to get your deductible up front... Lars39 Apr 2016 #17

Goiters upon them all! PassingFair Apr 2016 #18

Truly! Lars39 Apr 2016 #19

Yes for decades. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #11

Where and how do you get the Armour thyroid? Faux pas Jan 2016 #12