Have you or anyone you know had their thyroid out but it was ok?

Yes. A friend had hers out a couple of years ago. She’s on a lifetime of pills, but she’s fine.
EDIT: Man, I need to read the details better. Sorry, you were asking if someone had their thyroid removed only to find out that the growths were benign? No, I do not know anyone like this. They grab a sample prior to surgery to make sure.
EDIT#2: Wait. Now I am not sure I originally misunderstood the question.
EDIT#3: Can you elaborate. It’s a very mysteriously-worded question the more I read it.

Actually yes, a friend called Nigel had that happen to him. I can’t say he seems any worse for it. He needs to take medicine, but he still works, goes out and does stuff.

@tom_g I keep reading that they cannot tell for sure if a thyroid is cancerous EVEN WITH BIOPSY AND ULTRASOUND and that some people , when told by a doctor, “not sure but let’s take it out just in case” are told in recovery that the thyroid was just fine and now they must take thyroid replacement everyday for the rest of their lives. And that many of these people have to continue to go back to the doctor to have the dose adjusted. Others never gain the energy they had before thyroidectomy.

Yep. I have a family friend who had her thyroid out several years back. She’s fine. Of course, I believe she takes a regular hormone to replace that which the Thyroid would naturally produce.

@tom_g one of the last posts of mine you said it was surreal or something. This can’t continue where I am surreal and confusing and you’re normal. lol
The question did not ask if any of you knew someone who had their thyroid removed. The question was do you know of anyone who had it removed unnecessarily.

@Aster – Oh great. Listen, I’ll stop responding to these questions. But for the record, the term “unnecessarily” was absent from the original question. I answered it the way I first read it. Then I read the question again and realized it could be interpreted completely differently. I tried reading it 10 times and was unable to determine what the question was asking. At that point, I probably should have requested a mod to remove my original answer. I swear I’m not trying to pick on you (I didn’t make the connection that you were the author of that other question). Maybe wording questions in a way that is left up to great interpretation is your intention. If so, I’ll watch out for them. Sorry. Relax. Take it up with a mod if you think I’m being abusive.

“Know anyone who had their thyroid removed only to find it was alright?” is not surreal or confusing whatsoever. And @tom_g , I do not feel you are abusive in the least. I’ve been on here long enough to know what abusive answers are. You sound very young; like under thirty five.

@Aster – I made the same mistake that @tom_g did. The friend I spoke of did not have it removed unnecessarily. However, she is doing fine.

@YoBob ....Congratulations to you today !!!! 10k; wow!!!!

“Know anyone who had their thyroid removed only to find it was alright?”

I originally took this to mean, they had this major surgery, but it all turned out alright. They’re able to lead a healthy, active life, etc. I immediately thought of my friend, so I responded to the question. As far as I knew, you or someone you knew were faced with the possibility of having to have the thyroid removed, and were wondering if life would ever be the same.

Then I read it with the “it” meaning the thyroid, and translated “alright” to mean non-cancerous. From your follow-up, it appears that this was your original intention. I screwed up, and to be honest I don’t think it was unreasonable that I did.

“Have you or anyone you know had their thyroid out but it was ok?”

This was the title of the question. Again, a reasonable person can translate this in a couple of different ways.
I felt silly answering it, then doubting myself because I had possibly misread it, etc. I was just asking for you to elaborate. Two sentences with pronouns and mysterious words such as “alright” and “ok” would have been improved by the addition of something descriptive.

…only to find the removed thyroid was not diseased.” Is that better? Disease was suspected strongly enough that they ripped it out then announced, “good news! You have no thyroid anymore, you have to be on meds the rest of your life but it was in perfect shape! Oh, happy day!” I would go into a depression. Losing a body part “in case” is just too much to take.

A friend of mine decided not to have the surgery because she felt, like you, that it was too “iffy” a diagnosis. A few years later she had some sort of thyroid crisis and it was removed, she had problems recovering, and wishes now she’d had it out when it was first suggested.

@JilltheTooth still find it too risky. Thx, though, for your reply. I would bet that a lot of doctors would refuse the surgery also based on inconclusive test results. On themselves, that is.