My experience.
Also, put lch11 in search engine, she wrote about her experiences with TT.
1. I was an RN on a busy floor.
I took 2 weeks off completely. (also had a baby I was breast feeding. I worked 4 hours a day, only 2 days a week the next week. The following week I worked 4 hours each day. Then I went back full time. I was a little tired, but the surgery is not a long one. Hard to differentiate being tired from the surgery, working a lot and having a baby, getting up in the middle of the night. If I had it to do over again, I would take advantage of everything, take that third week off to have fun and do things I never had time to do.
2. Scar. People say, “What scar, I don’t see a scar.”
That is hard for me to remember. Maybe visible a month, less so in 2 months. It was not visible at all, I have to tell people I really DID have the surgery! Beautiful neck.
3. I gained no weight at all. I was 22 at that time. Have not gained weight over time, except weight gain after the other babies which went away.
4. I prefer Synthroid, that is what I take. It has been around forever.
When the generic came out, I switched to it without knowing it, cause the doc did not specify Synthroid. I did not feel my usual well self on it. Maybe part of it was psychological, after I realized it was not Synthroid. But after I switched back to Synthroid, I felt better. Whatever you take, I suggest that you stick to that med without switching for a long time, probably a year, simply because the consistency of the same med is better when you are trying to find the right amount for you.
Without looking it up, I do not remember the difference between the two. But I think there is a significant one, having to do with T3 and T4.
Shirley
