the effects of removal of the thyroid

Stacy71 over a year ago

I just had my thyroid removed July 2,2012 and I'm thankful it is out but I have no feeling in my hands and feet,numb lips,and the right side of my face is numb.I have lost weight,but I have terrible mood swings and i'm out of breath a lot.I am only 41 and it scares me because I am raising a young child on my own and I need to be healthy to take care of her.I pray for all of you! God Bless each and every one of you!

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Carol over a year ago

I heard having your Thyroid removed can make you gain weight, does anyone know anything about this/

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kandra ortiz over a year ago

I am 48 yrs old had my tyhroids out in november 2011 I have mood swings gained 25 pounds short of breath

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Elizabeth over a year ago

Greetings from Kenya. I have several nodules in my thryroid, the doctor thinks i should have surgery to remove them. my thryroid functions well. i was so happy that you felt better after your suggery, how are you feeling after 4 years. Thank you for your reply

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Guest over a year ago

well my grandmother had thyroid problems but what you said isn't true if u stay in the hospital then u wont go through bleeding and pain because ull have medicine to prevent that but overall your reply was great and nice to know there are lots of other people with the same problems as mi grandmother.......p.s love,peace,joy!:)

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Guest over a year ago

I just found one big 3*2 Cyst nodule on my left thyroid last month--I don't feel anything bad about it, and the endo will do the needle biopcy 2 weeks later. I read through almost all the threads here, and realized that what I am gonna face is much worse than just a surgery. If the biopcy turns out to be belign and is that a risk decision that I keep it ( not cut half of my gland) ? My grandma got thyroid cancer when she was 50 years old. Appreciate any advices.

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Nancy over a year ago

My dr. (ENT) is considering removal of many nodules he found,,, not sure yet if they will remove the thyroid. What medications are you taking now and what is the dosage? I realize there will be side effects, but from what you've written,, they're "do-able". Thanks!

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wandella1 over a year ago

The needle biopsy sounds bad but its not. They numb first and you don't feel anything. But if they tell you it came back in what they call a gray area be careful because that is what happen to me and when they took the thyroid out there was nothng wrong with it. If I could do it again i would have waited to have my out. Because you will never feel the same again ..!! Don't let them talk you into something if you don't feel right about it.

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wandella1 over a year ago

How long have you NOT been taking your meds? And do you feel very tired? I always wondered what would happen if you didn't take the meds. I had a total thyroidectomy too.

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Bumer over a year ago

Hi Everyone,

My spouse had her thyroid and parathyroid removed when she was 22. (because of cancer :( )

She's been waiting for hTG level to drop to 0. Last year she had it 1, this march it was 5 and last week we've got a 7.4. We are really sad about this result. Anyhow, she takes her hormones (T3 and T4 leveles are within normal range) and we are curious if she can be pregnant.

As far as I understand, TSH will rise as the baby need additional hormones out of the thyroid. And that's the problem, we can't block TSH.

She could get pregnant for sure, but what if hTG will rise? Does anyone had simmilar problem here? (we really don't know where to go with this. One endocrinologist says yes that will be no problem, the other says she wouldn't make it..

Thanks

PS: sorry for my english. it's not my motherlanguage not to talk about this medical mambojambo..

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consuelo55260267 over a year ago

Greetings from the East,
I discovered 2 nodules 4.5x2.5 and 2.5x2 about 4 weeks ago. I went through all the tests and the FNA which came back inconclusive as the smears were not sufficient. The first 3 doctors I saw said full removal surgery is a must purely on size of the bigger nodule. Noone asked for FNA repeat. Noone mentioned any riks factors seen in ultrasound. Noone mentioned the after surgery effects that I read about on this site.

The fourth doctor I consulted this week surprised me as he challenged the others and said there is no urgency. I had to do repeat FNA and whatever the results the risk is low he considered.

This got me to do research into anything and everything that was written about thyroids. Some of the interesting findings were as follows:

1. According to all studies, post surgery biopsy shows in most cases the nodule was benign. Does this not show that doctors favour surgery without full diagnosis?

2. under US guidelines, the unsatisfactory sampled FNA needs to be repeated

3. If the FNA is benign, doing a repeat with the same result would substantialy reduce the false negative risk

4. molecular analysis involving gene markers can improve diagnosis of an indeterminate FNA

5. if results remain indeterminate, hemithyrodechtomy with biopsy is an alternative to full thyroidechtomy

I agreed with the last doctor to repeat the FNA and will see how to bring molecular analysis into the picture.

What is clear is that doctors seem to make the thyroid removal surgery appear to be simpler than it actually is and do not address possible after effects. Maybe if they did cover the surgery problems, more people will question the diagnsis process before accepting to do the surgery.

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Raylene over a year ago

I had my thyroid removed along with the parathyroids in 1978. I have never had any problems as long as i take my medication. The generic does not work for me - I take synthroid. I am 65 now and my energy has never been the same since the surgery. But I feel great - really no problems. Good Luck and keep a positive attitude.

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snowbridge over a year ago

Were your calcium levels tested within 12 hours after surgery? I had a full thyroidectomy on Oct.5 and my calcium level was tested 4 hours after surgery and it was found that my calcium level had plummeted. I was put on a calcium/Vitamin D supplement for a month.

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celeste0616 over a year ago

i had my left lobe removed. i iam healing fast and i am just more tired than i remember. i did not skip my period o0n augustneither did i missed it in september. But my wo0rry right now lies on the fact that i am 8 days late. i had an ivf which was sucessful but lost baby to edwards syndrom. last December. So is this miss period a flse alarm or a natural pregnancy. I dont know. i am to afraid to go get a hpt. and find out that hormones are yet playing with me. Anybody with similar situation outhere

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M Morgan over a year ago

I've just had a partial, last week, because of a growth which was possibly cancerous. I get the result on Thursday but as they have written and not called me back into surgery, I'm hopeful of the outcome. I didn't have much pain at all after and not had any problems since.

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