[Julicoots]

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So this time next week I’ll be packing my PJs and Wally the Green Monster Pillow-pet and anxiously awaiting my morning surgery.

After speaking with my Endo, PCP and an endo surgeon it seems it’s the appropriate next step. As a woman of child-bearing years with no children yet and a desire to have them soon RAI is NOT an option for me. And the PTU they put me on has already required two or three tweaks and it’s still not keeping my levels level…so the bext step…surgery.

I am excited to have the ups and downs gone, and just going from hypo….but I never thought I’d be this scared about surgery….maybe it’s because I work I’m a healthcare provider, not sure…. but I am so full of nerves I can barely stand it.

Any tips, or stories you can share would be appreciated – and I will return the favor post-op to answer any questions of any fellow GD sufferers thiniking of going this route.

Thanks!

Juli

[snelsen]

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Julie, I am an RN, have worked for a million years, on the floors, preop postop, pacu, the whole nine yards.
I also chose a thyroidectomy. The good stuff-it’s really a relatively short surgery. 45min to @ an hour. Post op it is like having a sore throat, plus some sore neck muscles (like doing neck stretches at the gym, nothing more.) No nausea. Surgery is too short. If you are concerned, ask anesthesia preop for ondansetron. And maybe a little midaz, too! A great drug. I call it the "forgetting drug." Prepare something you like before surgery. I made chicken noodle soup. No prob eating bread. I’d wait a few days to chew steak! My incision healed beautifully. I can’t see it, unless I really try to find it.
I chose surgery for all the reasons you are choosing it. I think you will be very pleased! WRite with more questions, and/or write a PM if you prefer. Also, lhc11 weighed pros an cons for a long time, and she choose surgery last summer. She (and others) have some good blow by blow posts about it.
It was a great experience, and it fit my need for taking action and instant (well, more instant) gratification in a disease where there is precious little of it! Got pregnant as soon as I was euthyroid, probably about 4 months or so postop.
Shirley

[Julicoots]

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Shirley – this is all great news – thanks so much!!! ” title=”Smile” /> I know in the long-run this is the best, and I’ve thought about it and weight the pros and cons for a while… it’s the best decision, it’s just like making the climb to the top of the rollercoaster…

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