Comments on: Thyroidectomy http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: nidia chapa http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-71669 nidia chapa Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:10:11 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-71669 I got your back too! More power to you. Although, this is kind of weird to me. Since my complete thyroidectomy 3 weeks ago, all I have done is lose weight. It's been 12 lbs in those 3 weeks. I still feel like someone is strangling me with a thin rope, and my face still feels numb. Also, the incision site does not hurt as much as it does right above it. Forget even touching my neck there! It feels as if it is all plastic or something. I'm on Levothyroxine 112 mcg, Zemplar, and of course, calcium. My voice, it seems, did not go back to normal. My endocrinologist told me that weight gain would never be a problem for me, as it was "synthetically controlled". By the way, you weigh much less than I do! I got your back too! More power to you. Although, this is kind of weird to me. Since my complete thyroidectomy 3 weeks ago, all I have done is lose weight. It’s been 12 lbs in those 3 weeks. I still feel like someone is strangling me with a thin rope, and my face still feels numb. Also, the incision site does not hurt as much as it does right above it. Forget even touching my neck there! It feels as if it is all plastic or something. I’m on Levothyroxine 112 mcg, Zemplar, and of course, calcium. My voice, it seems, did not go back to normal. My endocrinologist told me that weight gain would never be a problem for me, as it was “synthetically controlled”. By the way, you weigh much less than I do!

]]> By: debbie http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-67773 debbie Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:59:25 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-67773 Girlfrien, are you still out there? You haven't said how things are going for you today. I'm 2weeks post-op. Hoping for some good news. Everything I've read is what I feel... betrayed, lost, scared, sad. I thought I was doing everything I was supposed to be doing. Guess it just was not enough. I can see my body deteriorating before me.. I sure hope it won't last. We all need someone to watch our backs. I got yours if you got mine. Girlfrien, are you still out there? You haven’t said how things are going for you today. I’m 2weeks post-op. Hoping for some good news. Everything I’ve read is what I feel… betrayed, lost, scared, sad. I thought I was doing everything I was supposed to be doing. Guess it just was not enough. I can see my body deteriorating before me.. I sure hope it won’t last. We all need someone to watch our backs. I got yours if you got mine.

]]> By: rose http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-65414 rose Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:27:48 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-65414 18 months ago pregnant with goiter. drs said see you after the baby. wednesday had a thyroid scan, today saw a ent and told me there is a hugh abnormal mass. i have been having dizzyness, hair falling out and my trechea is deviated . they want a needle biposy next i am terrified they said i will need surgury for sure. and i run at the gym 15 miles a week and do aerboics 2other days. never had a weight problem till now i usually weight 135-140lbs and my weight is 195lbs and i eat lettuce, and green peppers with small proteins. the dr seems to go in a round about way with the cancer word . i just can't stop crying since monday. i was bedridden for 4yr from 1999-2003, i had a tumor beign in my tmj joint and now have a rib there 4 surgeries.back in 1999-1992 . and now this my kid range 22,20,11,3 and 1 i feel hopeless since this all i have no one to talk to. 18 months ago pregnant with goiter. drs said see you after the baby. wednesday had a thyroid scan, today saw a ent and told me there is a hugh abnormal mass. i have been having dizzyness, hair falling out and my trechea is deviated . they want a needle biposy next i am terrified they said i will need surgury for sure. and i run at the gym 15 miles a week and do aerboics 2other days. never had a weight problem till now i usually weight 135-140lbs
and my weight is 195lbs and i eat lettuce, and green peppers with small proteins. the dr seems to go in a round about way with the cancer word . i just can’t stop crying since monday. i was bedridden for 4yr from 1999-2003, i had a tumor beign in my tmj joint and now have a rib there 4 surgeries.back in 1999-1992 . and now this my kid range 22,20,11,3 and 1 i feel hopeless since this all i have no one to talk to.

]]> By: Dina http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-59943 Dina Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:08:36 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-59943 I'm in your club. I full-fledged member of the once thin, now chunky, once energetic, now lazy club. I always loved my long neck, my protruding clavicle bones, now all I see is this damn hack in my neck. I feel so foolish for thinking, as you do, that perhaps tumors were worth the risk. At least I would be a complete woman. All my male specialists telling me I would be and feel exactly the same without my thyroid. They forgot to mention I would need 12 hours of sleep a night, run 30 miles a week to be able to shop in regular stores, cry at 3 am for no reason, and have my scar showcased by all the cute tunic shirts. So, this is my new life. My life without this gland. That because of modern medicine and the miracle of synthroid, I can survive. Still, with all the angry bullshit I carry because of my body betraying me, I'm here. My kids and husband love me, fat or thin, scared, crying, I'm theirs. Thank God for that. I’m in your club. I full-fledged member of the once thin, now chunky, once energetic, now lazy club. I always loved my long neck, my protruding clavicle bones, now all I see is this damn hack in my neck. I feel so foolish for thinking, as you do, that perhaps tumors were worth the risk. At least I would be a complete woman. All my male specialists telling me I would be and feel exactly the same without my thyroid. They forgot to mention I would need 12 hours of sleep a night, run 30 miles a week to be able to shop in regular stores, cry at 3 am for no reason, and have my scar showcased by all the cute tunic shirts.
So, this is my new life. My life without this gland. That because of modern medicine and the miracle of synthroid, I can survive. Still, with all the angry bullshit I carry because of my body betraying me, I’m here. My kids and husband love me, fat or thin, scared, crying, I’m theirs. Thank God for that.

]]> By: lyn http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-57816 lyn Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:12:29 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-57816 i am in the same place you are...on all counts. it's sort of weird. but just letting you know that i'm switching from synthroid to armour. praying for the best...it has been almost a week and i have gone down 3 lbs. i'll take it!! hope you find something that works for you. :) i am in the same place you are…on all counts. it’s sort of weird. but just letting you know that i’m switching from synthroid to armour. praying for the best…it has been almost a week and i have gone down 3 lbs. i’ll take it!! hope you find something that works for you. :)

]]> By: Kellyology http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-57695 Kellyology Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:52:24 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-57695 It's the worst when you feel like you've completely lost control of your body. Got your back girl! It’s the worst when you feel like you’ve completely lost control of your body. Got your back girl!

]]> By: Suzanne http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-57567 Suzanne Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:08:25 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-57567 I got your back. I got your back.

]]> By: chris http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-57550 chris Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:10:04 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-57550 I've always got your back :-) Can I suggest going to an endocrinologist? (I have no idea if I spelled that right!) They specialize in this fun stuff and are the ones who diagnosed my sis' thyroid issues after 4 docs told her there were none. Anyway, I totally have back and you still rock. I’ve always got your back :-)

Can I suggest going to an endocrinologist? (I have no idea if I spelled that right!)

They specialize in this fun stuff and are the ones who diagnosed my sis’ thyroid issues after 4 docs told her there were none.

Anyway, I totally have back and you still rock.

]]> By: tori http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-57549 tori Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:23:07 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-57549 I am behind you all the way. You know it. I feel for you! When I first had my thyroid surgery, I lost a ton of weight because I don't eat when I am stressed. I am finally back to normal (although still no clean cancer scan and it has been two years!) and since my hysterectomy last year am gaining a bunch of weight. I am just so sick of the bouncing around with my weight! I know we will both be "normal" again soon. That is what everyone keeps telling me, so I have to believe it. I have read that some people abuse the synthroid to lose weight, and before I could never understand why. Now I get why. I still wouldn't because of the health risks, but I totally get why a person would want to! You rock. My comment is long and rambly and makes no sense, but I love you! That's all it needs to say I guess. I am behind you all the way. You know it. I feel for you! When I first had my thyroid surgery, I lost a ton of weight because I don’t eat when I am stressed. I am finally back to normal (although still no clean cancer scan and it has been two years!) and since my hysterectomy last year am gaining a bunch of weight. I am just so sick of the bouncing around with my weight! I know we will both be “normal” again soon. That is what everyone keeps telling me, so I have to believe it. I have read that some people abuse the synthroid to lose weight, and before I could never understand why. Now I get why. I still wouldn’t because of the health risks, but I totally get why a person would want to!

You rock. My comment is long and rambly and makes no sense, but I love you! That’s all it needs to say I guess.

]]> By: Maria Niles http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/comment-page-1/#comment-57538 Maria Niles Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:10:04 +0000 http://queenofspainblog.com/2007/09/13/thyroidectomy/#comment-57538 Thanks for the link. You know I'll have your back, quite literally. Thanks for the link. You know I’ll have your back, quite literally.

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