Hi I had a goitre for years, no follow up in England, now living in France, saw my GP he sent me for a routine scan, found multi - nodules, within 6 weeks in hospital and had whole thing out, now on France's version of Thyroxine. Surgery no problem minimal scar, just have to take tabs every day for the rest of my life. I was suffering from tightness in my throat and coughing alot at night. Thankfully tests came back on thyroid and non-cancerous. Its hard to know what symptoms were due to thyroid and all I no is that if there was something wrong, there was no follow up in UK. Ok I had regular blood test but they came back NORMAL - of course no sign of nodules because I was never sent for another scan.

Sara