First all the usual disclaimers … you are not a doctor, you are not my doctor, only fools attempt diagnosis over the internet, etc.
A couple of years ago a doctor I was seeing for other reasons told me I had a goiter - nothing serious, but I should see a doctor if if got worse. A few days ago I has passport photos taken, and …AGHGH! One look at the photo and it was suddenly obvious to me that the goiter is a lot worse.
So I went to the doctor, showed him old and new photos of me, and he checked me out and agreed, my thyroid is enlarged. I had a sonogram and blood test - TSH, T-3, and T-4 are normal, no nodules visible on the ultrasound.
They are doing some sort of further blood testing that will take a week and then the doctor will call me. He said they are looking for signs of auto-immune disorders like Hashimoto’s Disease. But of course, Uncle Google has already told me all about that, and I would expect the blood test to show something if it were Hashimoto’s.
So…any thoughts, Dopers? What might cause an enlarged thyroid without causing abnormal sonogram/hormone results?
Frankly I hope they find something (non-life-threatening of course, but it seems most goiters aren’t serious so that’s what I expect) and treat it, since now that I’ve noticed it, I think my neck is really ugly :mad:
(FTR I am female, 58 y.o.)