Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 > Hi! Thanks for your response. Surgery is 6 days away now, and I just > want to wake up, extubated, have a voice, and be told that they got it > all. I know that's asking alot, huh? Nope. That's what we all look forward to and what many of us hear. You may wish to wake up with functioning parathyroids too. > How long after surgery do they know if there were any mets? After your RAI treatment when they do your post scan. > The thought of being hypo, LID's, and > RAI is a bit more than I can focus on at this point. I just want to > get through surgery without copmlications! Thanks for listening! > > You will do fine, concentrating on one thing at a time. Keep asking questions. in OH dx 1965 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 > Surgery is 6 days away now, and I just want to wake up, extubated, > have a voice, and be told that they got it all. I know that's > asking alot, huh? Well, most of it's what happened to me :-). They won't actually get all the thyroid tissue - they can't because it's all wound up with other things like parathyroids, vocal cords, etc, but the RAI will take care of what's left. I woke up fine, with just a sore throat, and my voice was pretty much normal. > How long after surgery do they know if there were any mets? After the RAI/scan. Frustrating to have to wait. Anticipate the best, though! > The thought of being hypo, LID's, and RAI is a bit more than > I can focus on at this point. That's ok - you can deal with all that after you've gotten through the surgery. I think it's important to just realize that these things will follow after surgery, so it doesn't come as a big shock. > I just want to get through surgery without copmlications! That's a good wish - and lots of us do. I'm one of them. Hopefully you will be, too!! Cheers, Alisa Currently - 140mcg Levoxyl 2/15/2002: Nodule found 2/27/2002: FNA 3/4/2002: Hysterectomy/oopherectomy-possible ovarian cancer - BENIGN!! 4/9/2002: TT - Stage 2 pap 2.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm nodule, dx Hashimotos 5/28/2002: WBS (2 mCi) and 100 mCi RAI --- 6/6/2002: WBS - No mets 12/16/02: WBS (5 mCi): clean scan - no thyroid tissue in body!!! Age: 49 -- Location: near Seattle WA --- Check out my posts: Radioactive Girl - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/19472 My LID - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15872 My RAI - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15873 LID thoughts, tips, ideas - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/25430 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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