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Hi, Everyone
I am new member, but having been reading this forum for a while.
I was diagnosed with GD (hyperthyroid) 10 years ago, I was on a regime of Tapazole and Propanolol. I was into remission until last year in June. During those 10 years I hadthe usual problems. My GP noticed my heartrate was elevated and they immediately put me on coumadin last yr. I went to my edocrinologist and a cardiologist. My endo put me on PTU, my feet and ankles got swollen so bad. I went back on tapazole. Too make a long story short, level on coumadin got too high, I ended up in the hospital in January. I refused to go back on the coumadin. sitting down and talking with my endo, I decided on the total thyroidectomy that I had on 15 Jun 09. I’m at home recovering now. Right now., I feel the best I have in a year. My body has thrown off 5lbs. of water. My feet and ankles are back to normal (whatever that is). I am not on thyroid hormone yet.I go to my doctor on26 Jun09. I started a journal on the day of the TT, so I could keep track of how I feel and what is happening to my body. I look forward to meeting some of you in the future, because I have never had a support system with this disease. People just don’t understand what you go through. I wonder How I am going to feel once I get on synthyroid or armour? Like I said it has ony been a week and a day since surgery. Thanks for listening.
Ali

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Once you get on hormone replacement, and get back to your normal thyroid hormone level, you should feel much better. It sounds as if you’ve been basically managed pretty well, so you may not have a very long wait before you get back to what you know as normal. People who were hyperthyroid for a long time prior to the surgery still have healing to do, but you may have already healed, in large part, during your treatment. Remember that when you are initially taking thyroid hormone replacement, you may need to wait 4-6 weeks until you test your levels to see how the dose is affecting you. You’ll be getting closer in to your normal point all the time, but the time between dose changes seems pretty long sometimes. Initially, as a new dose is given, you can feel kind of up/down for a week or two, then you’ll begin to feel things settling in.

Good luck! Glad you’ve found us!

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