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Exactly the doctors are not supposed to leave clamps in ur body without ur consent unless is absolutely necessary. I bet they get good incentives from the manufactures that make them. Im going through hell with six clamps left inside my throat last month
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I am in tears as I'm reading these posts. I had a total thyroidectomy june 2014 and have been havinv problems ever since. My surgeon did a laryngoscopy 6 months later and saw a lot of swelling in my throat and put me on Dexilant. Ive been telling her that it hasn't helped and finally sent me for a video esophagram. On the xray, I have clips, many, many clips and some extend all the way back to my esophagus because my grotty left thyroid grsw back there and stuck to everything. My swallow test was abnormal, I have swallowinv muscles that aren't working. My thfoat gets so swollen sometimes that I can't swallow my saliva. Tonight is really bad and while eating dinner which was hot, I almost choked and felt something small and solid in my throat ( I was eating scalloped potatos). Once I recovered, I felt instantly better, the pressure and swelling seemed to settle immediately. I thought of those clips and wondered if they're responsible for my swelling and if I might be allergic to them whicn I didn't think was possble until I read these posts. I've been to 4 doctors because of this and don't feel anyone has been listeninv to me or has been taking me seriously. Imagine having a sore and swollen throat for 18 months! I was an active happy healthy woman before my surgery and this horrid thing has taken over my life. Thank you to all for posting here, I now have something I can take to my surgeon, an allergy to the clips. I know they're not supposed to be IN my throat but may be my body has been trying to get rid of it, just as it does a splinter.
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I am in the same boat with you. I had a total thyroidectomy Nov 2014 and am experiencing almost the exact same symptoms. I told just told TODAY that I have clips in my neck!! a year later, after they were noticed on an XRAY.. Can and should these clips be removed???
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Hello,
I am in the same situation and feel strangulation and problems swallowing, doctors and surgeons don't seem to care, they say the removal of clips in my throat would be life threatening so I will just have to live with it :( I am in Australia. I would like to get in touch with you to talk about this if possible. I hope you are well now
I am in the same situation and feel strangulation and problems swallowing, doctors and surgeons don't seem to care, they say the removal of clips in my throat would be life threatening so I will just have to live with it :( I am in Australia. I would like to get in touch with you to talk about this if possible. I hope you are well now
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I had a partial thyroidectomy 10 yrs ago. In the last 5 yrs I've had to have any thing foreign removed because it was being rejected. Been sick and sick, they're saying autoimmune and then by accident, thru chiropractor, I find out about these clips. Now I'm getting the runaround. I want them out. I know why my body is sick, immune system c**p. They made me do a 96 hr allergy test and I'm allergic to tin in any form. I can damn well assure these clips aren't 100% pure titanium. I'm furious. Runaround #2 tmrw, they're making me do biopsies
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Why don,t they tell you, I have neck and head pain every since the surgery, maybe the clip is causing my problem
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I have had several jaw surgeries. And I now have a swallowing do ...esophageal motility do on one side. My ENT found s surgical clip during swallow study....my surgeon doesn't recalle putting one in...however I have titanium all thru rt tmj joint replacement. It also could b from initial surgery wi first Oral surgeon...iv had problems just on one side. Wonder if could be bothering a nerve...do the clips sometimes truly aggravate a nerve and if removed help. thanks
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I had clamps left in my throat after having a total thyroidectomy, I went to several doctors to ask them why they left them in and not one of them could give me an answer. One doctor even told me if I didn't find out what difference would it had meant. I was in shock, if it had not been for me being in a accident and me going to a doctor for x-rays I would have never known. I know I am allergic to metal because I break out from zippers and earrings I noticed that I have started getting these lumps in my throat and a huge one on my arm and different places this is so scary yet it is done and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it. I will die naturally before I ever go to another doctor for the wicked unreal thing they have done to me. I can not trust another doctor its just makes me sick to think that anyone could do this without letting the patient know and then not believing them when they get all them side effects from it. I pray everyday cause I know what the clamps left in me are doing to my internal organs and there is nothing I can do about it.
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I feel your pain, literally. I had thyroid cancer and the total removal 4 years ago. Since that time, I have had increased Fibromyalgia pain, TSH levels that fluctuate from 0 (yes, 0) to 4 in short periods of time. Dr's have no explanation as to why. I'm at .1 now and am symptomatic. After an MRI thru a neurologist, we found that I have 5 cervical disc herniations which have caused my neck to lose it's curvature. I was referred to an interventional pain DR. who gave me a cervical epidural block yesterday. It was during his use of a flouroscope that he discoved this long metal line starting at the base of my neck and extending on an angle upwards. He said in 30 years of practicing, he's never seen anything like it. His best guess was surgical clips. I was never informed or consented to their use that if that's what these are. Now I wonder if that's the reason behind the severe muscle spasms that have managed to push my neck over and rupture all the discs. Two are hitting a nerve giving me 24/7 headaches for years, and two are internal ruptures close to my spinal cord. If that happens, I will be a vegetable. I will inform my primary DR. next week and ask for copies of pictures. I don't know what to do now, what steps should I take next. Should I try to contact the surgeon? Any advice would be appreciated as I feel I am in a fight for my life right now. TY
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I am going through the very same thing. I had a total thyroid removal three years ago. I have been having trouble swallowing. My doctor told me it was acid reflux and gave me medicine to take at night. It has not helped and now I have a sore throat on the right side and it feels like I am swallowing glass. Also am having trouble breathing when I hid my head back. I ended up having to go to the hospital by ambulance from my job because I was having problems breathing and swallowing. They did an x Ray and found no blockage but the doctor said he saw something on the right side close to my esophagus he thought it could be the clips from the surgery or scar tissue. He referred me to an Otolaryngologist to have a scope put down my throat to get a better look. I was giving liquid pain medicine for my throats and steroids. I have to wait two days for my appointment I hope and pray they can do something about this horrible pain and difficulty swallowing. I can no longer stand to live like this!!!
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Hey, if you don't mind why did you have to get them removed? My mom is having issues and if she get them removed I don't want her to bleed out or have complications!
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YIKES! I recently had a partial thyroid removal and found out I too have clips. The surgeon has no idea how many there are. He doesn't remove them either. How do you find a doctor that removes them? Any tips?
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Hi,
I am in a similar situation with 20 in my throat, no surgeon will touch them. could you please reply with thanks
I am in a similar situation with 20 in my throat, no surgeon will touch them. could you please reply with thanks
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Hi I just had a barrium swallow with video and saw that I had 6 surgical clips in my neck after my thyroidectony which was in 2007. I was just told they use them to put the vessels bk together and they stay in there the rest of Your life. I never knew they were there until now.
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