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| I have the exact same thing - and I've received the same exact response from the surgeon. He looks at me as if he as no idea what I'm talking about. I'm 6 months post partial thyroidectomy and I'm on my second round of cortisone shots. The shots are worthless. I'm thinking I'm going to be like this forever. |
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| Posted: 07/01/07 - 00:48 Post subject: Re: Post thyroidectomy tight throat choking feeling swallowi |
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Try antacid for acid reflux problem, it helped me ( one 3 times a day )
| Guest wrote: | | Its been 5 weeks since my total thyroidectomy. I am also experiencing the tightness, pulling and stretching feelings in my throat, at times it feels like there is a choke hold around the base of my neck. One of my recurrent laryngeal nerves was damaged, so I am hoarse but my ENT scoped my throat and said the nerve does have movement and is not permanently damaged. He also monitored it during surgery and knows it is still intact. As a side note, I still have puffiness around my scar, but have been applying Mederma and massaging it as my ENT recommended, the incision area is not painful. However, at this point I don't really care what my scar will look like, it's the constant feeling of being choked that has me alarmed. Could this choking sensation be related to the damaged RLN? I was perfectly fine before this surgery, and only had it to remove numerous abnormal growths on my perfectly good thyroid! I will be seeing my ENT this Tuesday so he can scope my throat (again) to try and figure out what is wrong, and may send me to a specialist. I am very concerned when I read posts where this choking sensation and feeling of tightness has not been resolved after months! Has anyone gone through this and finally found the cause and relief from these symptoms? I am very scared this is going to be with me the rest of my life. I cannot find my symptoms described as a complication of thyroidectomy on any medical website. Please post if you are going through this or have been through this and found the cause and relief. Thanks. |
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| Posted: 07/03/07 - 18:44 Post subject: |
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I have been to 15 different surgeons and specialty Dr's. and havehad every test imaginable and no one can tell me why my neck is still as tight as it was 19 months ago when I had the surgery. Some days is it almost unbearable and it is getting tighter. Stress does make it worst.
How is this possible to have a condition, post surgery without a surgeon or any one else being able to tell you why there is a post op problem. This was not a risk that I was told about with 2nd opinions prior to the surgery.
There is no medical literature to support this.
Did the deep massage help anyone, was it painful or did it make things worst?
Thanks for listening. |
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| Posted: 08/25/07 - 23:01 Post subject: Total Thyroidectomy |
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| I too had a TT 2 months ago after finding out that I had thyroid cancer. What brought me into the emergenct room was this feeling that I had a lump stuck in my throat and that my breathing may be obstructed. After the surgery I had all the same feelings everyone had, but now I am gettomng that same feeling again, like a lump is stuck in my throat. Sometimes I even feel tightness in my chest when I get this feeling. Anyo ne get that feeling? |
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| Posted: 08/27/07 - 02:15 Post subject: |
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| Have you tried seeing a chiropractor? Believe it or not, they can help with many problems. They are not just "bone" doctors. |
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| Posted: 10/20/07 - 16:05 Post subject: info. |
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Yuuki Takamura1 , Akira Miyauchi1, Chisato Tomoda1, Takashi Uruno1, Yasuhiro Ito1, Akihiro Miya1, Kaoru Kobayashi1, Fumio Matsuzuka1, Nobuyuki Amino1 and Kanji Kuma1
(1) Kuma Hospital, 8-2-35 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku Kobe, 650-0011, Japan
Published online: 19 May 2005
Abstract Patients who undergo thyroid surgery frequently suffer from unpleasant symptoms such as a stretching, choking, or pressing feeling or discomfort in the neck for a long time. The usefulness of rehabilitation (i.e., a stretching exercise) for reducing these symptoms after surgery has never been studied. In the present study, attempts were made to evaluate the usefulness of the stretching exercise in reducing disagreeable postoperative symptoms in the patients who had undergone thyroid surgery. A total of 409 patients, including 234 thyroid cancer patients, were randomly divided into a stretching group (n = 204) and a control group (n = 205). Patients in the stretching group were instructed that the stretching exercise was to be performed three times a day beginning the morning following surgery. A questionnaire survey was performed before surgery and then 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year after surgery. Total symptom scores obtained from the questionnaire survey from the control group and the stretching group were compared. The use of analgesics was also investigated. Postoperative neck symptoms declined gradually over the course of a year, and the total symptom scores were significantly (p < 0.001) lower in the stretching group than in the control group at all points throughout the year (1 week, 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year). The mean requirement for the use of analgesics during hospitalization was significantly (p < 0.0001) less in the stretching group (1.6 ± 2.3 tablets, mean ± SD) than in the control group (3.1 ± 3.8 tablets). The stretching exercise had effectively reduced postoperative neck symptoms and also reduced the use of analgesics after thyroid surgery. |
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| Posted: 02/26/08 - 06:38 Post subject: Re: Post thyroidectomy tight throat choking feeling swallowi |
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| Guest wrote: | | Its been 5 weeks since my total thyroidectomy. I am also experiencing the tightness, pulling and stretching feelings in my throat, at times it feels like there is a choke hold around the base of my neck. One of my recurrent laryngeal nerves was damaged, so I am hoarse but my ENT scoped my throat and said the nerve does have movement and is not permanently damaged. He also monitored it during surgery and knows it is still intact. As a side note, I still have puffiness around my scar, but have been applying Mederma and massaging it as my ENT recommended, the incision area is not painful. However, at this point I don't really care what my scar will look like, it's the constant feeling of being choked that has me alarmed. Could this choking sensation be related to the damaged RLN? I was perfectly fine before this surgery, and only had it to remove numerous abnormal growths on my perfectly good thyroid! I will be seeing my ENT this Tuesday so he can scope my throat (again) to try and figure out what is wrong, and may send me to a specialist. I am very concerned when I read posts where this choking sensation and feeling of tightness has not been resolved after months! Has anyone gone through this and finally found the cause and relief from these symptoms? I am very scared this is going to be with me the rest of my life. I cannot find my symptoms described as a complication of thyroidectomy on any medical website. Please post if you are going through this or have been through this and found the cause and relief. Thanks. |
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| Posted: 03/03/08 - 19:01 Post subject: Tightness |
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| I had a thyroidectomy 3 years ago and am experiencing the tightness as well. Mine is not skin tighness, it is more like the feeling of beeing choked, and it is making swallowing harder. I just had an Ultra sound, waiting on results. Im nervous its another nodule growing, pressing on my esophagus? I hope not. I don't think these problems should happen so far after surgery????? |
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| Posted: 04/01/08 - 18:42 Post subject: Post-Thyroidectomy tightness |
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| I am also experiencing this tightness directly above the incision site. It feels like someone is pushing on my trachea and it feels difficult to breathe, which makes it hard to sleep. This feeling has been gradually getting worse since the surgery and it almost feels hard like a new tumor is there- although I know it isn't since it was a TT. Swallowing larger pieces of food is also uncomfortable. My husband is a vet and says that it's part of the healing process as everything fills in, but I sure not very happy about it. |
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| Posted: 04/30/08 - 07:09 Post subject: tightness after thyroidectomy |
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| I had a total thyroidectomy on Feb 29 , 2008 . Now 2 months later I'm still experiencing tightness in the area of the incision . My chiropractor [ the only one to give me any hope of relief ] said that they cut through several layers to remove the thyroid and when this area is healing , the layers adhere together . He said to try stretching and massaging area will help loosen these layers apart . It sounds like it could take several months to heal . I've got thr "run around from everyone from my family dr. to ent's to GIs . I don't think any of them are truly listening or understanding my symptoms . |
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