Bless you D, only natural to be apprehensive & like you I've had 2 week referrals for issues that have thankfully turned out to be nothing serious. Yes, thyroid probs can be hereditary, though none known in my family before me
. Even with thyroid cancer there is usually a very good outcome, but your lump has been scanned & found to be a cyst so the fast track referral will just be a precaution within current guidelines. If your Mum is 92, sounds like you have very good genes
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Like you, I think I inherited a tendency to develop cysts from my Mum. As well as those in the breasts, I had a couple of ovarian cysts, one quite large that resolved on its own, the other smaller with concerning characteristics that led to removal of both ovaries. Thankfully turned out to be benign, but there was no way to be sure without whipping out the ovary & postmenopause they usually take both if there's any suspicion of malignancy.
Yes I had a hemithyroidectomy to remove what was thought to be a single suspicious nodule in one side of the gland. Again, luckily for me, it turned out to be benign, but rather than the single nodule they'd thought, histology showed it to be a multinodular goitre. While waiting for surgery I was started on a low dose of Thyroxine to try to damp down the associated autoimmune activity. After surgery the dose was raised to 100mcg. Dose has changed over the years & I now take less, together with a second type of thyroid hormone, but that's not typical - most people do well on Thyroxine alone.
Your cyst sounds so painful D, I do hope they can drain it for you to give you some relief. The recurrent one Mum had by her ear was, at its worst, angry looking & painful, but it did eventually resolve after being drained a few times.
Hope you have some of the fab weather we have here today & the leisure to relax & enjoy it.
Wx