Thank you so much! I am doing well. I have my follow up on March 12th and expecting to probably have the radioactive iodine treatment because my says there appeared to be some spreading of the cancer. I’m not too worried. Just glad to get this situation resolved. It was totally unexpected as I was preparing for back surgery.
I had total thyroidectomy in November 2023, but in july found more spreading to lymph nodes so in august 2024 i had 4 cancerous nodes removed from neck dissection. Painful but next plan is for radioactive iodine in october after i'm done healing from this.
I was cut ear to ear, all 4 parathyroid glands were removed, left vocal cord was nicked and some nerves were too so I can’t lift my left arm and have no sensation from neck down. I’m still fighting cancer and still receiving treatment to kill cells on my lungs
Radosław Walkowski I have had this surgery done and from what I researched beforehand, you don’t necessarily die if they are removed or damaged. I could be wrong though. Just seems like that’s what I recall. I know they are very important nonetheless.
I've also undergone total thyroidectomy last November because of stage 1 papilliary thyroid cancer. Until now I still experience numbness if I dont take calcium supplements 2x a day....
My cancer grew around my right vocal chord. So, unfortunately, mine had to be cut. It's only been 1 week since surgery, and it's already incredibly frustrating not being able to talk normally. The only pain I have is from the actual incision, where the drain was and from some swelling. Not as painful as I thought it'd be, but I still don't recommend neck surgery lol.
@@FreddyHuman thank you! My speech is doing okay. It's not 100% back to normal. I had an injection to the paralyzed chord about a month ago and it's helped some. I'm less breathy when I talk and my voice is a little stronger. Occasionally I can even yell XD But hopefully I can get something a little more permanent done within the year or something. The intial surgery was pretty easy. Most of the discomfort comes a week or so later on. I do have a high pain tolerance, but around my incision was pretty numb after surgery. 4½ months later, it's still numb in places, but it's getting better. There's plenty of other stuff, but this is already long and I don't want to bore you lol. But if you want me to write more about my experience, then I'll be happy to. :) I really hope your friend's surgery goes really well and they heal up fast and strong! Take care!
@@crappap2312 thanks for replying and sharing your journey so far, such information is very helpful to those who are expecting to go through a similar experience, I truly hope you start feeling better soon and gain your voice back. I will let you know how my friend's surgery goes 👍🏻 stay encouraged.
I have an enlarged thyroid and my internist said that it’s possible that the endocrinologist will remove my thyroid, I’m not sure why the whole thyroid because I don’t have hyper/hypothyroidism and no cancer-it’s just a little annoying to swallow. I will ask if a partial thyroidectomy is more reasonable when I talk with the endocrinologist because I have one nodule and a couple of cysts. It’s all a bit scary.
i have nodules on my thyroid that were discovered last june. now my calcium levels in my urine are 505. ive always had high calcium levels in my blood stream, for about 15 years now. but the urine levels are a new thing. wonder if i need the whole thyroid removed. thyroid issues run in family
@Sean W Hey! It went well & nothing like I thought it would be. The pain is minimal and you will feel weird for about 2 weeks after surgery (which is completely normal), but it's been 5 months & I feel great and back to normal! Good luck, you'll be fine!
Glad to hear that ur surgery went well…how are u doing now? How’s the life after thyroid removal nd r u talking any calcium supplements? My mom’s gonna have a surgery in couple of days.
I had mine done less than a year ago due to hyperthyroidism and Graves’ disease. Once my dr began surgery, he found my thyroid had grown backward and around me vertebrae. So he had to cut it away from my spine I guess? I didn’t even know that could happen but it did with me. Anyhow, the front part of my neck where the incision was didn’t hurt much at all. Really. It was easy peasy. However, the back of my neck hurt SO bad! For about two days it was almost unbearable. They kept me overnight and had me on a couple different pain meds and it was still pretty darn bad. My dr came in the next day to see me and was polite but made the comment( as he was squeezing the blood out of my incision area),”Just think, this surgery isn’t nearly as painful as a tonsillectomy.” HA! I felt he thought I was a crybaby but I’m not. I knew thyroidectomy surgery wasn’t usually supposed to be very painful but I swear, I think since he had to cut around my vertebrae, that is why I was in excruciating pain! It hurt close to as bad as having my middle child with no epidural and no pain medication. Truly. So, I think you should be fine! Most all thyroidectomy surgeries go well! My thyroidectomy surgery would’ve been almost painless afterward if the dr hadn’t needed to cut around my vertebra so much. Don’t worry. It’ll be ok. Unless you have other things going on in there like I did, you will be fine. And of course, it’s very important you have a good dr too. I’m sure you already know that though:) Good luck and speedy recovery!
