Please watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPBk7eDRNNU&t=8s
Nothing was there and then in the blink of my eyes it was there…..a huge lump on the right side of my neck. It was a Saturday night. My husband, being the caretaker he is, insisted that I call Kaiser first thing Monday morning. I told him it would probably be gone by Monday. Nope, it was actually bigger by Monday morning. The first Doc saw me on Wednesday. She did a blood test to check my thyroid levels. They were perfect. No hypo or hyper thyroid going on. They did an ultrasound and found 3 nodules or the medical name Goiter. Not sure I like that word. Has a strange sound to it! These Goiters were 2 centimeters, 3 centimeters and 5.1 centimeters in size. She immediately referred me to an Endocrinologist. Anything over 4 centimeters they are concerned about. I showed up at the Endocrinologist appointment the next week and had a biopsy done. I’m sure glad the details weren’t offered to me before the appointment! My husband watched as they inserted a needle in my neck three times to get tissue from each nodules. The report came back negative for cancer but I was told later that the big goiter they still can’t be completely sure about until they remove it. Remove it? Yes, it needs to be removed because it will grow and cause difficulty breathing and swallowing. These are pretty important body functions, so let’s get those babies out of there! Off to the neck and head surgeon I go! I’m happy I was not told that he would be putting a tube up my nose and down my throat to see of the nodules were up against my vocal cords. That was a lovely experience! Good news, they are not effecting my vocal cords! Now I wait for a surgery date. I know that all will be well. So why am I sharing this with you?
It kind of shocked me how fast these goiters appeared. I was told by two doctors that they don’t just appear, it takes months and months for them to develop. Because of what we do for a living, I beg to differ. I would have noticed the smallest lump in my neck nonetheless a 5.1 centimeter lump!
I’m sharing so you’ll be aware when touching your clients. From the day you read this moving forward, please really feel your client. Don’t just touch….feel! Be aware of any little or big thing that you feel and let that client know.
Goiters are more prominent in women than in men and typically in women of middle age. I’m definitely middle age at 58! More often than not it’s not cancer but boy as Estheticians we sure don’t want to be the Esty that didn’t feel it on a client and it turns out to be a bad diagnosis.
One other thing I wanted to share is that I spoke with both Physicians I’ve seen about the pieces of equipment we use on our clients and on ourselves. I wanted to know if anything we do (LED, microcurrent, rf, ultrasound) could have caused this or could it make it worse. The answer from both Docs was no it can not. That was a relief to me. I really didn’t want to hear that all the anti-aging things we do could be the cause of this health issue. So rest assure that nothing you’re doing to a client will bring about anything like this!
I’m going to keep documenting this process with more videos and posts. I will begin using LED right after the surgery to speed up my healing.
Thanks for reading and please heed what I said about being aware of your clients!
Thank you for sharing this with us. Manifesting healing energy to send your way.
Thank you for sharing this Shelley. Great information. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Thank goodness you are ok. Blessings to you and yours
Thank you for sharing. Best of luck in a speedy recovery.
With a goiter it is indicative that the thyroid was/is NOT optimal. If they only checked your TSH (a pituitary hormone) and pronounced you healthy they are mistaken. Especially in the presence of a goiter or nodules. Please educate yourself on thyroid as so many physicians (sadly including Endocrinologists) do not properly diagnose nor manage thyroid. Be sure they check your free T3 and free T4, reverse T3 and TPO antibodies. Check out stopthethyroidmadness.com to really learn what tests are important and why the (sadly) revered TSH is NOT the best test! I say this as a 25+ year mismanaged thyroid patient who decided to help herself after years of mismanagement to the point of disability. Best of luck to you!
Yes to everything Maggie Crabtree said. I had such a similar experience. But, am so, so much better now that I got my insurance to pay for my functional doc!
Sorry to hear this Shelley. Sending prayers for a quick recovery.
Thank you for sharing that. I wish you the very best.
Good morning. I am glad that is not something worse. Wish you the best!
Thank you for sharing, I am hoping all goes well with your surgery and healing process will keep you in my prayers.
God bless you Shelley! Thank you for sharing this. It is so important like you said that we feel not just touch!
Thanks so much for sharing Shelley! Lifting you up in prayer
Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us!! Praying for you and wishing you the best!! ❤️
I will be thinking and praying for you and wishing you a speedy recovery. Give yourself time to heal.
I’m holding a vision of you filled with joy, perfectly healthy in body and mind, glowing with the light of God. Love surrounds you and emanates from you Shelley
So sorry to hear this Shelley! Sending good thoughts and wish you a speedy recovery!
Thank you, for sharing Shelley. A few years ago, I found a lump on my client near her throat. It turned out to be cancer. The good news is that it wasn’t anywhere else, and surgery was all she had to endure. Prayers for a speedy recovery. Love you!
Holy cow! First off: sending thoughts of a speedy and full recovery to you . And 2nd: thank you for sharing this valuable information. And 3rd: big hug and love to you , Shelley!
Best wishes for a speedy recovery. ❤️❤️
Hi Shelley! So sorry you have to do surgery. Ugh. Sending healing light to you. I do not want to discount your doctor’s comments that everything we do is safe, nor be an alarmist, however even on the American Cancer Society page they are still doing research on low levels of RF. I only say this because I am always trying to be hyper aware and don’t want to rule out even minor things that can add up over time. I think we should all as estheticians pay very close attention to this. I wish you all the best! Quote from the site “If RF radiation is absorbed in large enough amounts by materials containing water, such as food, fluids, and body tissues, it can produce heat. This can lead to burns and tissue damage. Although RF radiation does not cause cancer by damaging DNA in cells the way ionizing radiation does, there has been concern that some forms of non-ionizing radiation might have biological effects that could result in cancer in some circumstances.”
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Same happened to me, I just received my biopsy results and it was also negative for C.
I am not removing my 2 nodules, instead I will just keep monitoring. I have heard from some other women that like us, had benign nodules, were treated with natural medicine and it shrank or went away.
I belong to a group on Facebook of women that share their experiences and seek for advices. https://www.facebook.com/groups/153507861982246/
Have you gotten a second opinion or talked with a naturopathic? I am going to see one next week.
God bless you and we will keep in touch 🙂
Thank you . Good luck . God bless you and your family! You are a very beautiful person! Be well ….2019 ☮️
Wishing you a speedy recovery Shelley. Be well.
Wishing you a speedy recovery Shelley. Be well.
Shelley, thank you for sharing your experience. When something like this comes up suddenly it is a real wake up call. By sharing this experience you have helped me realize that I need to be more diligent about my own wellbeing. Also, thank you for addressing the machines we use as that was the 1st thing I thought of while reading this blog. Wishing you a speedy recovery and sending healing energy to you. Thank you again for caring.
Sending healing prayers Shelley.
May all the angels surround you and the Holy Spirit be present
Much love xo
Shelley, sending you love, light and healing energy. Advice not to be taken lightly, thank you. Be well
Hi Shelley:
Thank you so much for sharing. We do get so busy either taking care of everyone else and just trying to get through day to day that we forget to be really vigilant with ourselves. Wishing you a speedy recovery and best of health going forward.
Shelley, my thoughts and prayers are with you. And thank you for sharing this information with us.
Peace be with you.
Thank you Shelley for sharing with us. Sending you lots of good vibes. Really hoping that you will recover real fast. Take care!
Thanks you for sharing your journey with us Shelley. Pray for a smooth surgery and speedy recovery.
Hello sherry you be in my pray , I know you are going to be okey thank you for sharing the information.love jc
Hello Shelley thank you for sharing I hope you get well soon , jc
Happy to hear you’re husband looks out for you and that you’re nodules are benign. Mine was cancer was scared for a minute but could have been worse for sure. Anyway use the recovery time to kick back and relax ..you deserve it. Best wishes for speedy recovery and a healthy, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Shelly, Blessings! The service you have rendered to the industry by sharing your on-going experince with this, will help so many. Prayers said for your complete healing, and “ah-ha” moments of inspired understanding.
Shelley, sending positive thoughts and love your way. Thank you for sharing your experience…you have been through so much. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
OH DEAR SHELLEY – like so many other of your friends and followers, I will be sending you LOVE & LIGHT for healing and happiness. You are one of the best persons I know — so kind, so supportive, so positive and uplifting to be around. I am blessed to know you and to know Nate too ………. for those of us around you, you grace our lives with positive vibrations, with excellent knowledge and creative ideas. May the New Year ahead be one of continued blessings …… may you heal comfortably and completely and may your energy return with the love and joy we all recognize in you . Thank you for ALL you contribute …….. and thank you for being YOU!
Hello? I had a rather large goiter many years ago , The endocrinologist shrunk it with Synthroid. Check out all options , before surgery! Feel Better!
Hi Shelley sorry you have to go through surgery. But I totally agree with some of the others that goiters usually come from mismanaged Thyroid issues. Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery.
Hi Shelley, Thank you for letting us know. Will be sending healing prayers your way.
Bonnie Rempher Just read your email and am so glad to hear that they can take care of it.
Sending lots of love and prayers for a speedy recovery. Please keep us all in the know.
Hi Shelley! My mother and aunts had goiters removed in the 1960s. Indiana was in the “goiter belt” as they used to call it. I remember it being something about an iodine deficiency. “They” started adding iodine to table salt in the 1920s to help alleviate the problem. Just a little goiter trivia to lighten the day. 😉
You and your caretakers are in my prayers for a successful surgery and a full and speedy recovery. We all love and need you!
Shelly. So sorry for all this. Wishing you the best. Nice, speedy recovery.
Blessings.
Libby Hawks
Wishing you a speedy recovery, thanks for sharing and for all the great information as well.
Peace,
joni