For those still paying attention
I am out of the hospital. The surgery went well, although I did not end up having the surgery I was supposed to have.
They got in there and realized I have chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis - in other words, my thyroid is large, infected and not working right, nor will it ever work right. So, rather than doing a lobectomy, they wound up removing the whole thing. If not, he said I would have had to repeat the whole thing in a year or so and trust me when I say, that is NOT something I want to do.
I hurt alot. Apparently I'm somewhat combative when coming out of anesthesia and I had a huge panic attack after I woke up and couldn't breathe at all, so I was on oxygen all night long.
Also, I am allergic to vicodin and codeine and darvocet and a couple others don't do anything but make me nauseated and sleepy. But morphine? Yeah. My body can definitely tolerate the morphine. :o)
Honestly? I'm just happy to know I'm not going crazy. When I first presented with symptoms like fatigue, dry skin, sensitivity to cold, weight gain, depression and a large goiter, the doctors thought for sure I had hypothyroidism. But two rounds of blood tests came back negative so my doctors basically chalked it up to me being fat and told me to get over it. Eat right and get more sleep. Now I know there was something legitimately wrong and I'm not crazy. I feel vindicated and I feel excited about the prospect of this medicine making me feel better.
So that's all. I'm alive. Love you guys.
They got in there and realized I have chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis - in other words, my thyroid is large, infected and not working right, nor will it ever work right. So, rather than doing a lobectomy, they wound up removing the whole thing. If not, he said I would have had to repeat the whole thing in a year or so and trust me when I say, that is NOT something I want to do.
I hurt alot. Apparently I'm somewhat combative when coming out of anesthesia and I had a huge panic attack after I woke up and couldn't breathe at all, so I was on oxygen all night long.
Also, I am allergic to vicodin and codeine and darvocet and a couple others don't do anything but make me nauseated and sleepy. But morphine? Yeah. My body can definitely tolerate the morphine. :o)
Honestly? I'm just happy to know I'm not going crazy. When I first presented with symptoms like fatigue, dry skin, sensitivity to cold, weight gain, depression and a large goiter, the doctors thought for sure I had hypothyroidism. But two rounds of blood tests came back negative so my doctors basically chalked it up to me being fat and told me to get over it. Eat right and get more sleep. Now I know there was something legitimately wrong and I'm not crazy. I feel vindicated and I feel excited about the prospect of this medicine making me feel better.
So that's all. I'm alive. Love you guys.