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Originally Posted by j8ear
Very interesting. I've got to learn more about this. Is saccoidosis a type of cancer? I thought biopsies were to determine malignancy or benigncy (<---that looks wrong but what ever)? Is that what your biopsy was looking for?
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No, Sarcoidosis is an auto-immune deficiency disease much like Psoriasis (which I also have). The biopsy had to be done to make the doctors 100% sure. It was possible the lymph nodes were trying to tell them that there was cancer elswewhere, but once I was opened and the DR went in he could tell right away, now it's just a matter of the reading to be 100% absolute.
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Mine, on my thyroid, hurt like a son of a bitch. Not as much as the thyroidectomy itself (especially the intubation, which I ripped out when I came to from the anethesia), but still hurt. I wasn't cut, but instead they applied a topical anethesia and struck a wide guage needle into my thyroid...kind of like repeatedly stabbing it so they could extract cells to have the pathologist examine under the microscope. Thankfully the ENT doc had the path standing by with his Nikon, but unfortunately she needed THREE freaking stabbing sessions to get useful cells. End result, inconclusive. Sigh...regardless of these results, with tumors in both hemispheres of the thyroid, one in the 3-4 cm range (as seen on the sonogram), the thyroid comes out. Malignant or Benign. Geez Docs...couldn't you just take it out without all the drama.
You know what's funny. After my biopsy and the stabbing trauma to my thyroid, the lymph nodes on both sides of my neck swelled to the size of a sphere with a radius the size of a dime. And they were tender as shit. I thought for sure I was a gonner with lymphoma or some other deadly malignancy. Man, was I greatful to find that this was common from a fine needle biopsy.
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Damn Bear sounds painful as Hell, but I have a feeling the cancer would have been worse. Hope all is ok with you now.
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Anyway Pan, I am very glad your getting taken care of. My thoughts, prayers, and good wishes are with and for you.
All the best, thanks for the update, and keep us posted.
-bear
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Thanks Bear, means a lot and my thoughts and prayers are with you. I'll add you to my meditation list.
I plan to update never know when someone else here may get Sarcoidosis and wonder WTF they have.....lol I know I did. Still confused how I a white non Scandinavian male got it though...lol.