5 Days s/p TT and exhausted/dizzy

[Guest guest]

Hi again!

Thanks for the responses to my previous message. I forgot my name

last time, its .

I had surgery last Wednesday, came home Thursday and basically have

been in bed since. Whenever I am up for more than 15 minutes, I

start getting a headache, I feel dizzy and need to lay down. Is this

normal after thyroid surgery? Is it the cytomel they have me

taking? I know its not the painkiller because I was silly and didn't

take it for 48 hours to see it it was the cause. Its not and I am

finally getting comfortable again? Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I had surgery 11/18. I started having headaches when I came home from the

hospital (thought they took a baseball bat to the back of my head!). I started

out taking three cytomels/day - this lasted two days. Then I thought it was the

Cytomel giving me the headaches, so I reduced it to two/day, then one/day. The

headaches starting going away (I was taking Motrin for the pain, which also

helped a great deal), but come to find out it wasn't the Cytomel afterall that

was causing the headaches, it was the lack of Cytomel and the timing with the

surgery. I was still feeling the affects of the anesthesia a week after surgery

- hence the headaches. I was continuing with headaches when I reduced my

Cytomel to one per day. Talked to my surgeon about this and he agreed. It was

his belief that I was feeling the headaches because I was going " hypo " from a

lack of Cytomel (when I was doing one a day). I needed to be on two Cytomel a

day, and being two weeks out of surgery, my headaches are relatively gone. Hope

this makes sense to you and helps you out.

Take care - be well.

Madonna

5 Days s/p TT and exhausted/dizzy

Hi again!

Thanks for the responses to my previous message. I forgot my name

last time, its .

I had surgery last Wednesday, came home Thursday and basically have

been in bed since. Whenever I am up for more than 15 minutes, I

start getting a headache, I feel dizzy and need to lay down. Is this

normal after thyroid surgery? Is it the cytomel they have me

taking? I know its not the painkiller because I was silly and didn't

take it for 48 hours to see it it was the cause. Its not and I am

finally getting comfortable again? Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I had surgery 11/18. I started having headaches when I came home from the

hospital (thought they took a baseball bat to the back of my head!). I started

out taking three cytomels/day - this lasted two days. Then I thought it was the

Cytomel giving me the headaches, so I reduced it to two/day, then one/day. The

headaches starting going away (I was taking Motrin for the pain, which also

helped a great deal), but come to find out it wasn't the Cytomel afterall that

was causing the headaches, it was the lack of Cytomel and the timing with the

surgery. I was still feeling the affects of the anesthesia a week after surgery

- hence the headaches. I was continuing with headaches when I reduced my

Cytomel to one per day. Talked to my surgeon about this and he agreed. It was

his belief that I was feeling the headaches because I was going " hypo " from a

lack of Cytomel (when I was doing one a day). I needed to be on two Cytomel a

day, and being two weeks out of surgery, my headaches are relatively gone. Hope

this makes sense to you and helps you out.

Take care - be well.

Madonna

5 Days s/p TT and exhausted/dizzy

Hi again!

Thanks for the responses to my previous message. I forgot my name

last time, its .

I had surgery last Wednesday, came home Thursday and basically have

been in bed since. Whenever I am up for more than 15 minutes, I

start getting a headache, I feel dizzy and need to lay down. Is this

normal after thyroid surgery? Is it the cytomel they have me

taking? I know its not the painkiller because I was silly and didn't

take it for 48 hours to see it it was the cause. Its not and I am

finally getting comfortable again? Any ideas would be appreciated.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I had surgery 11/18. I started having headaches when I came home from the

hospital (thought they took a baseball bat to the back of my head!). I started

out taking three cytomels/day - this lasted two days. Then I thought it was the

Cytomel giving me the headaches, so I reduced it to two/day, then one/day. The

headaches starting going away (I was taking Motrin for the pain, which also

helped a great deal), but come to find out it wasn't the Cytomel afterall that

was causing the headaches, it was the lack of Cytomel and the timing with the

surgery. I was still feeling the affects of the anesthesia a week after surgery

- hence the headaches. I was continuing with headaches when I reduced my

Cytomel to one per day. Talked to my surgeon about this and he agreed. It was

his belief that I was feeling the headaches because I was going " hypo " from a

lack of Cytomel (when I was doing one a day). I needed to be on two Cytomel a

day, and being two weeks out of surgery, my headaches are relatively gone. Hope

this makes sense to you and helps you out.

Take care - be well.

Madonna

5 Days s/p TT and exhausted/dizzy

Hi again!

Thanks for the responses to my previous message. I forgot my name

last time, its .

I had surgery last Wednesday, came home Thursday and basically have

been in bed since. Whenever I am up for more than 15 minutes, I

start getting a headache, I feel dizzy and need to lay down. Is this

normal after thyroid surgery? Is it the cytomel they have me

taking? I know its not the painkiller because I was silly and didn't

take it for 48 hours to see it it was the cause. Its not and I am

finally getting comfortable again? Any ideas would be appreciated.