Hyperplasia and Partial Thyroidectomy

[Soupp]

After asking for some surgery results, there were no antibodies, TSH was fine, but there was a diagnosis of hyperplasia on the left side of the thyroid gland and was removed as cancer preventative.

It's happening to the other side now with a noticeable goiter, cysts and growths with blood supply and they are ever getting bigger. And I'm here to ask if anyone else here is experiencing hyperplasia of their thyroid gland and if it's being treated at all with with an iodine product or through any other method besides the useless "wait and watch" method?

It would be nice to know of there is any treatment for it. Especially since the remainder of my thyroid gland is just about done at this stage despite "normal" readings and my GP doesn't test for RT4, RT3, or any type of antibodies.

[greygoose]

I'm afraid I don't know anything about hyperplasia, but just wanted to say, there's no such thing as rT4. And the rT3 test is one of those tests that tells you if there's a problem, but doesn't tell you where it is. So, pretty useless, really. But, it would be a good idea to get antibodies tested. You can have that done privately, though.

[Soupp in reply to greygoose]

Hey! I got mixed up while writing unfortunately, basically nothing came up on my tests besides the cysts which proved to be benign in nature thankfully.

I had antibodies tested before surgery and there were no antibodies found to state that it was Hashimoto's etc.

Nobody seems to know what it is and have given me the useless "wait and watch" prescription. Yet I have the exact same issue as I had 10 years ago which baffles me.

Thank you for responding, greygoose.

[greygoose in reply to Soupp]

If you've had TSH, FT4 and FT3 tested, it would be worth posting the results and ranges on here, to see what people think.

You cannot rule out Hashi's on the basis of one negative blood test. Antibodies fluctuate, and there are two different Hashi's antibodies. The NHS only tests one. Besides, not all Hashi's people develop high antibodies, so you could still have it, even with negative results.

So, don't give up on your thyroid, keep testing it.