swollen neck

[cj5811]

Well i had my thyroid ultra sound today...the woman running the test said my thyroid looked picture perfect to her...i couldnt believe she told me that..she even said she wasnt supposed to say anything to me..
my throat and neck are still swollen and now im freaking out because if its not my thyroid then what the heck is it? i dont see my doc till friday to get my blood test results back..i felt great on the synthroid for about five days like i said so that makes me think its that...
anyone have thoughts on why my neck is so swollen? feels like i swallowed a whole egg and its stuck in my throat...if it was a goiter wouldnt that show up?
cj

[evenik]

Don't you hate this dismissive "your .... is perfect healthy"???
I know I do :agree:
Every time someone told me "your thyroid is perfectly healthy" I was tempted to answer with "if it was perfectly healthy why don't I feel healthy at all?"

When I had my thyroid ultrasound I was told that it looked "perfect, with the exception of few calcifications". However when I asked "Why doesn't it work properly? Why do I have hypothyroid symptoms?" I did not get a reasonable answer.

It is possible to have inflammation and not have a goiter. Swelling and choking sensation could also be caused by antibodies attacking healthy thyroid tissue - this can not be detected by ultrasound, blood tests should be done too.

[Nancy LC]

Maybe what they meant was they didn't see anything cancerous, not that it wasn't swollen.