In Spring, 2009, I began experiencing a tight feeling in my throat, like a golf ball was wedged under my Adam's Apple. Hoping it was just allergies or anxiety (I had read about thyroid cancer online and was worried that this was a symptom) I let it go until a couple of weeks until I noticed a small lump in my neck. I immediately began tests (blood work, scans, ultrasounds, biopsy, etc.) and was diagnosed with a 2 cm nodule suspicious for Hurthle cell neoplasm.