Had my TT

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Haven't posted in awhile...hope everyone is well!

I had my TT on April 4th. It was very involved and took almost 7

hours. The goiter was so big, it took my Dr. 2 hours to locate my

vocal cord nerve since it was nowhere near where it was supposed to

be. I'm glad he was patient and looked! The goiter(s) itself was

huge, but so was my thyroid. It was wrapped around my spine -

ack. Anyway, I'm recovering well. It's almost 2 weeks post op and

I'm feeling pretty perky. Almost better than I was before the

TT. Much more energy. Right now I'm on Cytomel 2x/day.

I have a feeling I was undiagnosed hypo for years. I was " high

normal " with my bloodwork. The endo was the first Dr. ever to run

antibody tests, which were positive. My thyroid was noticed enlarged

years ago, but since my bloodwork all came back " within normal

limits " the Dr.'s I saw told me it was fine. Yeah RIGHT.

Bad news is, I definitely had cancer. The tumor was large (about an

inch). So, I meet with my endo on Wednesday to discuss what comes next.

Any BTDT's would be appreciated! I want to make sure I go in to talk

to him armed with good information.

Woods

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The next step should be a low iodine diet..followed by RAI.. this is

important as you want the RAI to reach any thyroid tissue left

remaining in your body.. after RAI the doctor can switch your cytomel

to Synthroid but do realize it takes 6 weeks for Synthroid to reach the

optimal level in your body at that dose so you do not want to cold

turkey the Cytomel when you start Synthroid..

The other thing is you want to make sure the doc continues to run labs

every 6 weeks and that the labs include FT4 and FT3 until you reach

your optimal dose and have no hypo symptoms. So labs, dose adjustment,

labs, dose adjustment, labs etc..and then in 6 weeks again after no

dose adjustment to make sure all is good.

Kats3boys

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> The next step should be a low iodine diet..followed by RAI.. this

is

> important as you want the RAI to reach any thyroid tissue left

> remaining in your body.. after RAI the doctor can switch your

cytomel

> to Synthroid but do realize it takes 6 weeks for Synthroid to

reach the

> optimal level in your body at that dose so you do not want to cold

> turkey the Cytomel when you start Synthroid..

>

> The other thing is you want to make sure the doc continues to run

labs

> every 6 weeks and that the labs include FT4 and FT3 until you

reach

> your optimal dose and have no hypo symptoms. So labs, dose

adjustment,

> labs, dose adjustment, labs etc..and then in 6 weeks again after

no

> dose adjustment to make sure all is good.

Thanks! I go to the endo tomorrow, so we'll see what he says and

how soon I am expected to do the RAI. I would rather wait until

school lets out so my husband can take my kids away for a week as

long as that doesn't endanger my health.