Re: Re: Texas_Thyroid_Groups] Thyroid surgery

[Guest guest]

Tell me a little about the surgery. Do you have a scar now?

How long were you in the hospital? Recovery time?

I am wondering if my antibodies in the 1000's is also indicating

that I have something else (cancer) wrong?

When I swallow, I can feel one area in particular and it hurts. When I

run, I have a real difficult time breathing.

Thanks again for any information.

LYNN

At 06:51 PM 10/2/2004, you wrote:

>Lynn,

>I have Hashi's. I had a multinodular goiter, did not protrude, was

>inward. You could see my thyroid very clearly when I tilted my head

>back... mine never shrunk. I don't think my tsh was ever suppressed

>though. It ended up with my having almost no room left for breathing

>or swallowing, and my thyroid became very rigid. It was also

>nonfunctioning, and I had a total thyroidectomy. Nice to be able to

>breathe and swallow again, I never realized how hard it had become,

>because it had been taken away so gradual. If your goiter, and if the

>thyroid is oversized, it is a goiter, whether it is inward or out, is

>impeding function, you may want to consider whether the size is

>deminishing or not.

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>Cathryn

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> > I have so many swollen lymph glands, and they hurt, too.

> > I have one right by where my neck fells swollen, plus three on the

> > back of my neck. And no one seems to care! But they do hurt

> > every now and then.

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> > My nodule is on the right lobe. The pathology says: very occasional

> > reactive follicular cells including Hurthle cells....

> > LYNN

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[Guest guest]

Tell me a little about the surgery. Do you have a scar now?

How long were you in the hospital? Recovery time?

I am wondering if my antibodies in the 1000's is also indicating

that I have something else (cancer) wrong?

When I swallow, I can feel one area in particular and it hurts. When I

run, I have a real difficult time breathing.

Thanks again for any information.

LYNN

At 06:51 PM 10/2/2004, you wrote:

>Lynn,

>I have Hashi's. I had a multinodular goiter, did not protrude, was

>inward. You could see my thyroid very clearly when I tilted my head

>back... mine never shrunk. I don't think my tsh was ever suppressed

>though. It ended up with my having almost no room left for breathing

>or swallowing, and my thyroid became very rigid. It was also

>nonfunctioning, and I had a total thyroidectomy. Nice to be able to

>breathe and swallow again, I never realized how hard it had become,

>because it had been taken away so gradual. If your goiter, and if the

>thyroid is oversized, it is a goiter, whether it is inward or out, is

>impeding function, you may want to consider whether the size is

>deminishing or not.

>

>Cathryn

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> > I have so many swollen lymph glands, and they hurt, too.

> > I have one right by where my neck fells swollen, plus three on the

> > back of my neck. And no one seems to care! But they do hurt

> > every now and then.

> >

> > My nodule is on the right lobe. The pathology says: very occasional

> > reactive follicular cells including Hurthle cells....

> > LYNN

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[Guest guest]

Tell me a little about the surgery. Do you have a scar now?

How long were you in the hospital? Recovery time?

I am wondering if my antibodies in the 1000's is also indicating

that I have something else (cancer) wrong?

When I swallow, I can feel one area in particular and it hurts. When I

run, I have a real difficult time breathing.

Thanks again for any information.

LYNN

At 06:51 PM 10/2/2004, you wrote:

>Lynn,

>I have Hashi's. I had a multinodular goiter, did not protrude, was

>inward. You could see my thyroid very clearly when I tilted my head

>back... mine never shrunk. I don't think my tsh was ever suppressed

>though. It ended up with my having almost no room left for breathing

>or swallowing, and my thyroid became very rigid. It was also

>nonfunctioning, and I had a total thyroidectomy. Nice to be able to

>breathe and swallow again, I never realized how hard it had become,

>because it had been taken away so gradual. If your goiter, and if the

>thyroid is oversized, it is a goiter, whether it is inward or out, is

>impeding function, you may want to consider whether the size is

>deminishing or not.

>

>Cathryn

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> > I have so many swollen lymph glands, and they hurt, too.

> > I have one right by where my neck fells swollen, plus three on the

> > back of my neck. And no one seems to care! But they do hurt

> > every now and then.

> >

> > My nodule is on the right lobe. The pathology says: very occasional

> > reactive follicular cells including Hurthle cells....

> > LYNN

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[Guest guest]

Welcome back!

I was going to email you, but my hard drive broke.

I get to see Dr. Petak tomorrow. I will ask him why I have

cancerous cells, and can still be malignant. I am going to ask

to see a surgeon, and go from there.

Any input from anyone?????

LYNN

At 11:23 AM 10/4/2004, you wrote:

>I'm Back!!!! But on Digest only so far.

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>When I had the last FNA - that Dr. Monla ordered - the Dr that did it

>also FNA'd a lphym (sp?) node. And yes I can't spell today. Both

>negative.

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>Oh and I've never heard the bit about it being harder to remove a

>thyroid that was Hashi's vs. one that isn't. Amazing the stuff that

>comes out of Petak's mouth. He is in my opinion - surgery as a last

>option - not always a bad thing, but he leaves it too long - this

>from people I know that are seeing him for Cushings problems - they

>have been seeing him for years and nothing happening yet - but more

>tests............

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>As for surgery difficulity - it all depends on the individual case -

>some hashi's I am sure are hard, some could be easy, some in

>between. He really shouldn't make generalities like that - it's for

>the surgeon to say what your's would or wouldn't be. Hard or easy or

>in between.

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>Mine to is one that pushes in - it too bothers me - it is growing -

>it causes pain - it causes breathing difficities, swallowing, etc.

>While I am not in a rush for surgery I do want to know - How big they

>plan on letting it get - Hey I do not want something the size of a

>lemon in my throat, so at what point do you remove it???? I am an

>organized person, a plan maker, I like to map out what I will be

>doing for as long in advance as I can (yeah a bit anal, I know) so

>let me know up front when it gets to size x.y we remove them. Last

>Ultrasound it was just over 1.3 x 1 cm. In January it was barely 1

>cm. So it shows slow growth. It has folluclear (sp? still can't

>spell) cells. Anyway, I am not worried - worried, but I do like to

>know things upfront. Petak is not an upfront kind of doctor, IMO.

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>While I like Dr. Monla better then P, she is still " not it " , but I am

>being to think " it " doesn't exist at least not within driving range

>for me or where I can afford it.

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>My sister wants me to see a naturopath (sp?), but as insurance won't

>cover one here I just can't afford it. She sees one in WY. And she

>really helps her, but without insurance to cover part of it, it's out

>of my league here. Her's told her about one near Austin, but I can't

>drive that far for a visit nor pay out of pocket for it either.

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>Janie

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>P.S. I am in marriage counseling and it is helping alot - so it

>looks like I won't be separating as I previously that I would.

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> > >Your overall set of problems would make me nervous enough to push

>for a

> > >thyroidectomy. You could very well have thyroid cancer that does

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