Hello, I’m starting my RAI treatment soon and I have to get off my thyroid meds starting Monday for a month, how was your experience being off the medication? I worried for that and that no iodine diet.
I had a thyroidectomy almost 2 months ago and I’m trying to get in shape and lose weight but I can’t. I been stuck at the same weight since before my surgery. What do I do?
Hello, I had a total thyroidectomy for Papillary carcinoma cancer over 6 weeks ago and the recovery has been hard. First, my voice got affected. The surgeon had to clean and stretch the left vocal cord nerve because the cancer did spread to 2 lymph nodes and one of them was around that nerve. Seeing speech therapist but it’s still the same. Waiting on my nuclear medicine appt soon to do test and RAI. My fatigue has gotten so bad, no energy. Bad hair fall outs. I seen my endocrinologist 3 weeks after surgery and I felt fine at that time and next appt is in July. I’m doing iron infusions so maybe it will help. Hoping to get back my energy.
Also taking levothyroxine and you don’t see results u til 6-8 weeks and I thinks that’s what I’m feeling. Fatigue, hair fall outs, dry skin. Should I wait for my appt in July or tell my endocrinologist now?