I feel for you, I really do. I have Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism with swellings on each lobe of the thyroid. The operative who did the ultrasound actually said: "It's nothing to worry about, lots of ladies get these". LOTS of LADIES. It is a degenerative autoimmune disorder which will eventually wreck both my metabolism and my immune system. So I am with you, Audrey, on telling the medics where they can pack it, doing my own research and taking my own health into my own hands. So far so much better.