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I had a TT Total Thyroidectomy 6 days ago and I wish that I had had it sooner.
I was diagnosed with Graves Disease a year and a half ago.
My endo wanted to see if we could get the Graves to go into remission by taking methimazole for 1 year.
After a year, I went off the methimazole & my hyper symptoms came right back. I was uncomforatble staying in the methimazole because of the (rare) side effects of the drug. My system is very sensistive and I was having some strange symptoms (twitching muscles, painful joints, etc).
I was fearful of the radioactive iodine as a solution because of how sensitive my system is and I did not want to run the risk of having any eye problems as a result.
So I choose to have a TT.
I wish that I had done it long ago!
After 5 days post surgery, I felt better (mentally & physically) than I have since being diagnosed with Graves.
I had the procedure at Mass General and Dr. Randall Gaz was my surgeon. He is one of the best (if not “the” best!).
Let me know if you have any questions, as I just went through the surgery…
Good luck
