Keith’s mother is home from her visit with the ENT specialist & the results of the biopsy. The results are inconclusive as the surgeon couldn’t get enough tissue. The surgeon & ENT doctor suspect it could be thyroid or nodules (duh!). Both doctors recommend surgery.
Not only did the ENT doctor make my DR MIL wait 8 days to hear he knows nothing, he is having her wait longer now while he gets in touch with her primary physician. He wants to know if it is safe for her to have surgery due to her pulmonary problems. Heaven forbid he made the call before he saw her. Keith and I are exceptionally annoyed at the moment.
There was no mention of leaving the growth alone, nor of the consequences of doing so on an 86 year old. Is it necessary to remove a nodule, if so then why do the biopsy instead of removing it to begin with? My understanding is that thyroid cancer is slow growing-how slow I don’t know.
Sorry, end of rant regarding the doctor, who deserves stronger words than mine to describe his bedside manner.