In reading the questions and answers I am surprised how young everyone is that has had the thyroid surgerey. I am 72 yrs old pretty healthy, started having problems with shortness of breath ,cough etc. have been dealing with Eye Ear Nose doctor doing many things nothing working, breathing became so short and somewhat painful went to internist, he found goiter in less than 10min, has c-scan have very large goiter, will need to be removed, I am very healthy and seem pretty able, do I need to be prepared for problems is this surgerey so difficult afterwards with cal balance etc? reading all of these blogs scare me somewhat, I will trust Doctor and still go forward but I am hoping there are some good reports out there with older women thanks
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Maybe I can help ease your worries.
About 20 years ago I found that my shirt collars were beginning to become difficult to fasten and when I put my head back, my throat looked a little enlarged. I went to the doctors and was subsequently sent for a thyroidectomy.
Surgery went very well and the remaining thyroid took over completely.
After 10 years more, a similar thing happened and the other thyroid was also removed.
So, now I am thyroid-less and take thyroxine daily. The dose has remained constant over the period. I have frequent function checks and everything is working as it should.
I work as an airline pilot and the Civil Aviation Authority are happy with the results. Overall, I would say that if your situation is similar to mine, then you have nothing to be concerned about.
I wish you the very best.
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