Hi there, I feel a bit strange posting this message! I am a 43 yr old mother of two adult children and am currently waiting for confirmation of a diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer. So far I have gotten some highly suspicious ultrasound results but the FNA biopsy did not yield enough tissue for a result. I thought that would mean a repeat biopsy but the Drs and Surgeon are talking about removing half my thyroid anyway due to the nature of the ultra sound findings and then they can confirm if it's cancer and what we do from there! I have been getting short and uninformative answers to my questions from my local surgeon and felt really uncomfortable with that so am head off this week to The City to get a second opinion... I have read just about everything there is on thyroid cancer and everything suggests that it is usually a non aggressive and highly treatable form of cancer, but I have to say that isn't helping me too much at the moment! It has been a few weeks since all this began but as the days crawl by I'm finding that I'm coping less well. The not knowing is really hard and being upbeat for family and friends and keeping that "mums in control face"!in place is starting to take its toll. I've been telling them all I'm not really worried about everything, but to be honest I'm starting to get scared about the op, all the unknowns and I feel less together everyday! Is this normal? Any tips for staying positive while waiting for news? I'm hoping that all this worry is for nothing but I just have a feeing in my gut that it won't be! Anyway, thanks for listening and thanks for all the inspiringly honest posts I have read here so far. I'll go back to waiting now :) ... View more