TikTok user reveals he had surgery to remove cancer after viewers spotted swollen thyroid

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Wednesday, the user, who goes by @SeattleTechBro on the app, uploaded a video in which he explained that, after posting his first few videos, he received various comments from viewers concerned that he may have thyroid cancer - and that it “seems like they were right”. “So, for those of you that don’t know, my first couple TikTok videos were just me talking about my budget and people commented or DMd me saying that my thyroid looked a little enlarged and that I should get it checked out and that it could potentially be cancerous.” The user then shared various screenshots of some of the comments he received, including from one viewer who said: “Your thyroid looks a bit swollen. Usually it’s just an enlarged thyroid but sometimes it’s thyroid cancer.” Thyroid cancer occurs in the cells of the thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland at the bottom of the neck that “produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight,” according to the Mayo Clinic, which notes that symptoms of the disease can include swollen lymph nodes in the neck. “And long story short, after several rounds of tests and ultrasounds and such we found out that there’s a 95 per cent chance that that nodule I had was cancerous.” He revealed that doctors gave him two options, he could either have his entire thyroid removed or they could remove just the portion that was cancerous, with the TikTok user, who could be seen wearing a bandaid on his neck, explaining that he chose to just take out “the cancerous bit in the middle” because he didn’t want to have to take synthetic thyroid hormone for the rest of his life.