Re: Thyroidectomy-Nick

[Guest guest]

I hope you are feeling better, I was told by my endo and surgeon (I

had a thyroidectomy 3/15) that without a thyroid, you cannot have a

thyroid storm. I asked them the week after my surgery since I had

read alot about them and was terrified. I also just had RAI

treatment and asked the same question to a different endo, my nuclear

med doctor and my surgeon (again) and was told the same thing. Prior

to your thyroidectomy did you have any hyperthyroidism issues?

Michele

> Some of you may remember my situation of a large (3.2cm+) nodule on

> my right lobe and several smaller ones on the left. I had an

(almost)

> complete thyroidectomy last Wednesday. Went fine, not much post-op

> pain. Discharged Thursday. About 9PM at night I deverloped severe

> atrial flutter/fibrillation, went back to the hospital and was re-

> admitted. They got me on 200 mg/day of Toprol-XL now, and no

further

> AF since Saturday. They discharged me this afternoon (Monday).

>

> My endo was away so some endo I never saw looked at me. I also saw

2

> cardiologists, who both agree that the AF was most likely due to

the

> thyroid surgery. They've seen it before. This " unknown to me " endo

> disagrees. To me, it seems very coincidental that I never had AF in

> my life until the day after thyroid surgery; plus it is well

> documented that various versions of thyroid storm (apathetic) can

> occur after thyroid surgery; and AF is a common manifestation of

that

> which can develop.

>

> I'll keep you all posted as to the progress here, but so far as I

> said, the surgery itself went well and uncomplicated. This AF thing

> really unnerved me however. Nick

[Guest guest]

Thyroid storm is possible immediately after thyroid surgery, as it

takes some time before the thyroid hormones have dissipated. Yes, I

had hyperthyroid symptoms since last August. In addition to the

nodules, I had thyroiditis, which gave me the hyper symptoms. My main

one was PACS (skipped heartbeats), which diminished and went away;

but it took 4 to 6 months for them to go away. Nick

[Guest guest]

I am actually getting rapid heart beat since being put on synthroid.

I started it 10 days ago (after my RAI treatment). I am hoping it

either subsides or my endo can lower my dosage. I just can't wait to

feel somewhat normal again...

Michele

> Thyroid storm is possible immediately after thyroid surgery, as it

> takes some time before the thyroid hormones have dissipated. Yes, I

> had hyperthyroid symptoms since last August. In addition to the

> nodules, I had thyroiditis, which gave me the hyper symptoms. My

main

> one was PACS (skipped heartbeats), which diminished and went away;

> but it took 4 to 6 months for them to go away. Nick

[Guest guest]

Topper, I was started on .150mcg of synthroid 4 days after taking the

150mci dose of rai. The rai was used to destroy the remaining gland

after my TT. I had bi-lateral papillary thyroid cancer which

fortunately, did not spread beyond the nodules.

Michele

> How soon after the RAI did they start you on Synthroid? Were they

just

> doing the scan or were they going to destroy part of the gland?

>

> Topper () *15 years post RAI, no thyroid function... now on

Natural

> thyroid*

>

> On Tue, 11 May 2004 15:39:52 -0000 " Michele " <michele51274@y...>

> writes:

> > I am actually getting rapid heart beat since being put on

synthroid.

> > I started it 10 days ago (after my RAI treatment). I am hoping

it

> > either subsides or my endo can lower my dosage. I just can't

wait

> > to feel somewhat normal again...

> >

> > Michele