Having surgery Feb 25!!!

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Blair84
Blair84 Member Posts: 45
edited March 2014 in Thyroid Cancer #1
I'm having my surgery this thursday!!! Little freaked out but I'm very positive. I'm hoping that they won't have to remove the whole thyroid.... I just want to be back home asap and recover. :)

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  • IowaBo
    IowaBo Member Posts: 32
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    Hi, I came through my
    Hi, I came through my surgeries fine. The toughest part was the getting the anesthesia to wear off and I had a large nodule so it drained alot after surgery so the tube had to be in there longer than usual. Just be sure to keep up on your pain medication so you can keep it under control. Surgery is scary, but I didn't have any of the complications they warned me about.
  • sandykr
    sandykr Member Posts: 57
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    Good luck
    I hope all goes well for you, My last surgery (a completion thyroidectomy) was the beginning of December and aside from a hard few hours , bad reaction to pain meds, it was fine. Bring books, computer, things to keep you occupied. How long will you be in the hospital?

    Wishing you the best

    Sandy
  • Blair84
    Blair84 Member Posts: 45
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    IowaBo said:

    Hi, I came through my
    Hi, I came through my surgeries fine. The toughest part was the getting the anesthesia to wear off and I had a large nodule so it drained alot after surgery so the tube had to be in there longer than usual. Just be sure to keep up on your pain medication so you can keep it under control. Surgery is scary, but I didn't have any of the complications they warned me about.

    hey
    @IowaBo
    Hey, well I hope I will be fine...Is tomorrow but I'm not scared yet. So I should ask them to give me pain killers to take home????
  • Blair84
    Blair84 Member Posts: 45
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    sandykr said:

    Good luck
    I hope all goes well for you, My last surgery (a completion thyroidectomy) was the beginning of December and aside from a hard few hours , bad reaction to pain meds, it was fine. Bring books, computer, things to keep you occupied. How long will you be in the hospital?

    Wishing you the best

    Sandy

    Hey
    @sandykr
    Well the doctor told me that I will only stay overnight..so I guess that's good :)
  • envoy646
    envoy646 Member Posts: 8
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    Hi blair84,
    I have followed
    Hi blair84,
    I have followed your story, for I to have just recently found out that I have papillary in
    one nodule. I want to let you know that I am worried and so confused about it all. I just want to let you know to keep the faith I have said a prayer for you through this situation
    and you are thought of within. Let me know how everything goes and your progress. For I am not too far behind you. GOD bless.
  • IowaBo
    IowaBo Member Posts: 32
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    Blair84 said:

    hey
    @IowaBo
    Hey, well I hope I will be fine...Is tomorrow but I'm not scared yet. So I should ask them to give me pain killers to take home????

    I'm sure they will give you
    I'm sure they will give you a script to take home. Keep it under control. Ask about starting Synthroid right away so you don't get weak. My endocrinologist said I should have. If you have to do RAI they can remove it before that chemically.
  • Blair84
    Blair84 Member Posts: 45
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    envoy646 said:

    Hi blair84,
    I have followed
    Hi blair84,
    I have followed your story, for I to have just recently found out that I have papillary in
    one nodule. I want to let you know that I am worried and so confused about it all. I just want to let you know to keep the faith I have said a prayer for you through this situation
    and you are thought of within. Let me know how everything goes and your progress. For I am not too far behind you. GOD bless.

    Hi
    Ok so yesterday I had my surgery and I'm little confused...well let's start from the fact that when I woke up I was throwing up like crazy so the kept me in the hospital until 10pm. I was very calm, not nervous at all and everybody were surprise even me. The doctor told me that they removed left side and they didn't find any cancer, he said that we will have to wait for the results to make sure, so I hope they won't find anything because I don't want the right side to be removed.
    When he told me that he didn't see any cancer I was happy but now we have to make sure so I should know the results in 2 weeks.
    Today I feel ok, very little pain in my neck nothing I can't handle... I'm actually doing better then I thought. I'm going to see him in 2 weeks for a follow up. I hope I will have a fast recovery. God is good
  • Perstephanie
    Perstephanie Member Posts: 26
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    everything ok?
    Mine was scheduled for the 23rd, but the blizzard screwed it up so I don't have a new date yet. Good luck and keep us posted (I know you already had it, so good luck in recovery and I hope it's going well)
  • Perstephanie
    Perstephanie Member Posts: 26
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    Blair84 said:

    Hey
    @sandykr
    Well the doctor told me that I will only stay overnight..so I guess that's good :)

    Are you going to have
    Are you going to have radioactive iodine ablation? stage 1 or 2?
  • Perstephanie
    Perstephanie Member Posts: 26
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    IowaBo said:

    I'm sure they will give you
    I'm sure they will give you a script to take home. Keep it under control. Ask about starting Synthroid right away so you don't get weak. My endocrinologist said I should have. If you have to do RAI they can remove it before that chemically.

    What do you mean they can
    What do you mean they can remove it before that chemically?? Everyone I've talked to had to go through the weeks of no Synthroid first, though some people were about to use something whose name I can't remember to make it easier (Thyrogen? Or is that something else completely? Can you use Cytomel when you're supposed to be going hypo because it clears your system so quickly? why can't I remember anything?)
  • Blair84
    Blair84 Member Posts: 45
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    Perstephanie said:

    Are you going to have
    Are you going to have radioactive iodine ablation? stage 1 or 2?

    Well the doctor said not
    Well the doctor said not yet, first they have to see if the cancer is there and if it is then he will remove the right side...I have to wait for the results..
  • Blair84
    Blair84 Member Posts: 45
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    Perstephanie said:

    everything ok?
    Mine was scheduled for the 23rd, but the blizzard screwed it up so I don't have a new date yet. Good luck and keep us posted (I know you already had it, so good luck in recovery and I hope it's going well)

    Hey, Oh good luck to you. Be
    Hey, Oh good luck to you. Be positive!!!!
  • sandykr
    sandykr Member Posts: 57
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    Blair84 said:

    Hey, Oh good luck to you. Be
    Hey, Oh good luck to you. Be positive!!!!

    Good to hear you're feeling
    Good to hear you're feeling good! Waiting patiently for the pathology report is hard........but put your energies toward recovering post op!

    Sandy
  • IowaBo
    IowaBo Member Posts: 32
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    Blair84 said:

    Hi
    Ok so yesterday I had my surgery and I'm little confused...well let's start from the fact that when I woke up I was throwing up like crazy so the kept me in the hospital until 10pm. I was very calm, not nervous at all and everybody were surprise even me. The doctor told me that they removed left side and they didn't find any cancer, he said that we will have to wait for the results to make sure, so I hope they won't find anything because I don't want the right side to be removed.
    When he told me that he didn't see any cancer I was happy but now we have to make sure so I should know the results in 2 weeks.
    Today I feel ok, very little pain in my neck nothing I can't handle... I'm actually doing better then I thought. I'm going to see him in 2 weeks for a follow up. I hope I will have a fast recovery. God is good

    So you didn't have any
    So you didn't have any cancer? I thought you had papillary. I don't want to scare you, but my surgeon said if you have any cancer the whole Thyroid has to be removed. If you did have a papillary diagnosis, at some point, I would ask some questions. I am glad you are doing well in your recovery. God IS good!!!
  • IowaBo
    IowaBo Member Posts: 32
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    Perstephanie said:

    What do you mean they can
    What do you mean they can remove it before that chemically?? Everyone I've talked to had to go through the weeks of no Synthroid first, though some people were about to use something whose name I can't remember to make it easier (Thyrogen? Or is that something else completely? Can you use Cytomel when you're supposed to be going hypo because it clears your system so quickly? why can't I remember anything?)

    Yes, chemically with
    Yes, chemically with Thyrogen. I also went weeks with no Synthroid and got Hypo, but when I went to my endocrinologist she said I should have started it right after surgery to keep the remaining thyroid tissue from trying to create hormone and possibly make more cancer cells. I don't know what Cytomel is.

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