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Checking your own thyroid gland: 1. find the thyroid gland by putting your index and middle fingers on the Adams apple and above the sternum 2. sip water & tip head back 3. check for unusual enlargement or swelling stage 1--1 CM--size of pea; stage 2--2 CM--size of peanut; stage 3--3 CM--size of prune; stage 4--4 CM--size of lime