So glad I happened upon this information. I thought I was going crazy. It's been one year post TT and just for the last couple of weeks, the tightness comes and goes, sometimes it's very uncomfortable. I feel as though a good massage of the shoulders would help, since it helps a little bit when I try it myself. I find it's worse in the morning, and as the day goes on, it subsides a bit. Like having a stiff neck all the time! I even thought of buying new pillows!!! I'm going to try the stretching exercises described here. I figure it can't hurt. Thanks for all the great stories and information.
Figured I would hop in and post something non-invasive but annoying to the moderators so that they have a post to delete so that they can feel important this morning.
Hoping everyone is feeling better, do those neck excercises.
Hoping everyone is feeling better, do those neck excercises.
Is there something wrong with you?
Yes it's my neck.
I get the same feeling!!! How r u today?
To all of you with the tightness complaint, I had a complete thyroid ectomy due to cancer. Days after they took the blood drains out my incision was of course puffy and my neck swollen... once the swelling went down I could feel the tightness again but that was coming from the scar healing. I am mediately began using straight vitamin E oil, granted it was kind of thick going on but in the long run it did help plus I had to constantly stretch my neck. It’s been a year now I know longer have neck pain or tightness and you can barely see my scar on the downside I am having an endoscopy in two days I begin feeling like I was choking on my food have a hard time swallowing and other throat problems testing showed I have a hiatal hernia in my esophagus, literally I hole there.. Request a barium swallow test you may find like I did that the problem lies there,, good luck
Experiencing too choking tightness numbness shooting pain worse as years progressing to point awake most nights fear of chocking day time total thyroidectomy 2012
Hi Marsha
I am also looking for answers i had thyroid surgery 3 months ago and i am experiencing all the symptoms you wrote about. Did anyone tell you why and are you still like this.
Any information would be helpful as i have the choking feeling still ehich makes me cough and i have no gaging reflex and my throat feels so uncomfortable
I am also looking for answers i had thyroid surgery 3 months ago and i am experiencing all the symptoms you wrote about. Did anyone tell you why and are you still like this.
Any information would be helpful as i have the choking feeling still ehich makes me cough and i have no gaging reflex and my throat feels so uncomfortable
I too have the same problem since throid surgery
Have you found the answer i am so worried
I dont want to feel like this everyday
Have you found the answer i am so worried
I dont want to feel like this everyday
Any updates? I had a partial thyroidectomy 4 weeks ago and am experiencing tightness in my throat. I was hoping it was just part of the natural healing process but after seeing all these posts I’m quite worried.
Hi
I had partial as well and that was 3 months ago. So during this time i emailed my surgeon over and over that time letting her know how i am feeling.
I then had a barium xray swallow test and it showed a dismotility in my oesophagus where the upper sphincter is not working to push food through so i feel like its stuck. Throat is tight when i swallow.
If i lay on my left side in bed i feel normal and throat not as tight. I had my partial on my right. Before surgery i was healthy and i found two lumps and one was fna needle which showed suspicious. Turned out all benign but stuck with all of these other problems.
What othet symptoms to you have?
I had partial as well and that was 3 months ago. So during this time i emailed my surgeon over and over that time letting her know how i am feeling.
I then had a barium xray swallow test and it showed a dismotility in my oesophagus where the upper sphincter is not working to push food through so i feel like its stuck. Throat is tight when i swallow.
If i lay on my left side in bed i feel normal and throat not as tight. I had my partial on my right. Before surgery i was healthy and i found two lumps and one was fna needle which showed suspicious. Turned out all benign but stuck with all of these other problems.
What othet symptoms to you have?
Neck still tight since 2005 and now collarbones enlarged. Been to 25 dr with no help.
I had to reply to your message. I am 4 weeks post op. I have very little pain at my incision but I have the sharp pin point pain on my right side of my neck, gland area -ish. It radiated up to my ear and is very pain full. My follow up with the surgeon said it was the healing.
I have to take motrin and tylonel twice a day to deal with the pain. No idea what it is. . Any other insight would be helpful.
I have to take motrin and tylonel twice a day to deal with the pain. No idea what it is. . Any other insight would be helpful.
I had my right thyroid removed a month ago and I have been having tightness and choking feeling constantly. I had my surgery through my bottom lip. my chin is numb and my jaw hurts and my throat feels like somebody is choking me and I can barely move my neck because of the tight feeling and stretching feeling in my throat. It also feels like I have a lump in my throat.
I have had the same issues with tightness and my neck popping alot...feeling like I'm choking at times. High quality Helichrysum essential oil with CBD mixed in helps a lot!!! Also, cranialsacral therapy. My mom has been giving me treatments, and it releases a lot of the tension and headaches I get sometimes from lifting something too heavy. And I just read there are 7 neck stretches that should be done everyday.