Did anyone have thyroid surgery?

Question:

I never had any problems with thyroid until I felt a lump on my throat when I had a bad sore throat in February of 2004 and had thyroidectomy back in August 2004. Last summer I sweat so bad that I told the doctor about it because I have never sweated only when I play sports, He said that it was just a hot summer and I should deal with it. Now this summer has been hell (due to heatwave) and I even told my doctor and he said thats nothing and I hate to have A/C on and fan on all the time to keep me from sweating ... I need some feedback ...

Thank you in advance.

Answers:
I had a total thyroidectomy three years, no cancer. It was just enlarged and growing down into my chest. I haven't had any problems with excessive sweating. I'm usually cold alot. If you are not having your Thyroid levels checked regularly, you should. Your medication may not be right or as someone else said, this may not even be Thyroid-related. My doctor started off checking my levels every 6 months, now I get them checked once a year. Good Luck.

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yea my mother had it done and she's alot better now.
it was also in her throat they make it so you feel as little pain as possible and i dont think it hurt at all.
you may have to stay at the hospital a few nights but they remove it & your on madication for a bit but it wont bother you any more
good luck

yes, i had the surgery. i wonder if you are taking too much synthroid, because you sound hyperactive. if it was the other way, you would be hypo, and always cold. get your tsh checked because being hyper could cause heart problems. you need a very good endocrinologist to monitor.

I did not have the surgery, but I did have the radio active iodine pills. My thyroid is gone....I think this is a lot easier than the surgery....Ask your doctor about it.....Take care.

I had a total thyroidectomy in Nov. 2004. I never had this problem (I also learned today that I might have another surgery, seems that cancer is recurring). Your problem might not be related to your surgery.

Hi there.. I am 35, 3 kids, and a five year survivor of Pappillary Thyroid Carcinoma. I did not have to many problems with the surgery itself. I had a total thryoidectomy, and no spreading to the lymph nodes. I did have a lung met, and a spot that showed up on my liver.

My insurance messed me around. I was suppose to have the radiation I 131 therapy 6 weeks after surgery. I was denied a pet scan to see if I still had the cancer. I had to sell my soul to pay for the pet scan, because my insurance refused. They consider pet scan investigational. Low and behold, the cancer came back, or was never gone. Took me one year to fight with the insurance with no luck, I finally got the money a year later for the scan $6000. I took my scan to a new doctor after I fired my other one. The doc had a FIT and a HALF. He was so upset with the care I had, they ended up having to give me an unusually high dose of rad to fix the damage that was done.

One day after taking the I 131 pill, I started to experience pain. Then I went imobile. I could not walk for 6 months. I was in a wheel chair, and the pain was sooo bad. I couldn't even put my own clothes on.

5 years later, I am able to walk, I do have to use a cane, and I just gave birth to my third child. As far as sweating yeah, I have it. I can't take the heat at all. ...

Let me tell you something, those docs don't know everything. They are not in your body. they only know what they have learned in a text book. Thyroid cancer is rare, and not as much money is spent on learning about it, because it is concidered the "GOOD" cancer because it is slow growing. Sometimes you will feel like your alone with this cancer. I just want you to know, for what it is worth, that I BELIEVE YOU.

You can access a yahoo group, its called thyca. You can ask a ton of questions there, and someone is bound to know the answers. There are many well educated people on this site. You can probably acess it from my 360 page, in the lower right hand corner of my groups. I highly recommend joining this group. YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

Best Wishes,

Barbara

email me anytime.

Please get your thryoid levels checked, maybe this is one reason for your sweating. Mine is finally normal, but I am currently having a hot flash now.=(

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