What does a goiter feel like?

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Lately I have been noticing that if I have to cough or if I laugh to

hard, I get a choking sensation. Today it feels like I'm wearing a

turtleneck, but I'm not. When I feel the area where my thyroid is, it

is a little tender. Could this be a goiter developing? My glands are

not swollen and I am not getting sick. Everything I have research

suggests hyperthyroidism, but I am having more hypo symptoms lately. I

have never had an ultrasound or scan, but I have been told by a

previous doctor after a physical exam that I had an enlarged thyroid

(this was also the endo that told me I was fine and to come back in 20

years when my thyroid " crapped out " ).

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