Hi Cathie,

Do what makes you feel most comfortable. And if it's the local anesthetic who cares. Try not to stiffen up if you see the needle approach it makes it worse. The breathing thing made a difference for me. But you will get through it and it will be over in no time. Are they doing it with an ultrasound machine?

I had two sessions and in each they did four aspirations. Some were for the thryoid itself and some were of the lymph nodes in the thryoid.

I was dx with Hashi's which was lymphocytic thyroiditis which meant my thyroid was full of lymphocytes or infected and inflammed. They put me on synthoid to shrink it and it was fine. I had no reaction to the meds. Syntheoid is a synthetic version of what your thyroid produces and you need it everyday.

Have they said whether they think you are hypo or hyper thryoid?