What Causes Discomfort In My Throat With Swollen Thyroid?

I will try to keep this as brief as possible. I saw my GP because I had a sensation of something caught in my throat for a few days. He felt my neck and it felt like my thyroid was swollen and sent me for lab work and a thyroid ultrasound. I have a family history of nodules in my mother, aunt, and grandfather. My aunt s was cancerous, but the other people s were benign, but required partial to full thyroidectomies. Everyone s thyroid levels were normal despite the nodules, both cancerous or benign. That being said, my TSH level was normal and my ultrasound showed 3 small nodules (each under 1 cm), 2 on the right and 1 on the left. During my ultrasound when the technician was looking the left side, it was intensifying my symptoms to the point that I almost had to ask her to stop. My GP has reviewed everything and feels it is nothing to worry about and is recommended I take Prilosec every day for a week to see if that helps my symptoms (he is thinking reflux with the throat sensation). I feel I should at least see an endocrinologist to further evaluate the nodules because of my family history. And just because the nodules are small I don t think they can be automatically be ruled out as the cause of my symptoms. I have no history of reflux. What are your thoughts? Am I overacting? Is seeing an endocrinologist a reasonable thought? Am I overreacting when I think I should get a new GP?