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Tomorrow is the big day!
I have having my whole thyroid take out tomorrow. I am still nervous but not as bad as I was this time last week. I can't believe it is finally happening. I had my fna on June 19th of this year and three weeks later found out that had a suspicious nodule. So, two months of worrying about this potentially cancerous nodule sitting in my throat, will all be over tomorrow! It will be gone and I couldn't be happier to know that it will gone. I pray, pray, pray that it will not be cancer and I am praying that if it is, than getting the whole thyroid out will be a HUGE step in getting rid of it.
I am still nervous though folks and need some encouragement. I need to hear how common thyroid surgery is and how people don't die from it! I am so worried about not waking up after surgery. I keep telling myself that people have much more dangerous surgeries everyday and they survive just fine. I pray that this time next week I will be embarassed by how scared I was. I pray that I tell everyone how great I am feeling and how it was so silly for me to soooo scared of a little ol thyroid removal.
Any last tips or advice before I go under the knife?
I am still nervous though folks and need some encouragement. I need to hear how common thyroid surgery is and how people don't die from it! I am so worried about not waking up after surgery. I keep telling myself that people have much more dangerous surgeries everyday and they survive just fine. I pray that this time next week I will be embarassed by how scared I was. I pray that I tell everyone how great I am feeling and how it was so silly for me to soooo scared of a little ol thyroid removal.
Any last tips or advice before I go under the knife?
Yup, I am more afraid of the anathesia . Seems alot of people are, I wonder why that is.
I wonder if I can get a sedative as soon as I arrive in the morning?
I wonder if I can get a sedative as soon as I arrive in the morning?
Best of luck to you tomorrow!!!
I was absolutely terrified before my surgery - not the thyroid removal, the scar, or the potential cancer...but the anesthesia. I was beside myself....so much so that I burst into tears when the nurse asked me if I was nervous. They gave me a sedative before the anesthesia, and it was the best thing ever. I don't remember a thing after that until I woke up in recovery.
I did not have a difficult recovery at all, and I'm so glad I got that poisonous gland out. I hope you feel the same afterward!
Good luck!!!!
I was absolutely terrified before my surgery - not the thyroid removal, the scar, or the potential cancer...but the anesthesia. I was beside myself....so much so that I burst into tears when the nurse asked me if I was nervous. They gave me a sedative before the anesthesia, and it was the best thing ever. I don't remember a thing after that until I woke up in recovery.
I did not have a difficult recovery at all, and I'm so glad I got that poisonous gland out. I hope you feel the same afterward!
Good luck!!!!
You will do great! It is like anything.. you are saying goodbye to something ... but after it's gone ... so will your worries!!!!
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Look at you!!! It's almost time to get that nasty nodule out!! Shame on you for watching You Tube the day before. ;-)
You will be just fine. Actually, when they wheeled me into the OR, it was so stinkin' cold in there. Between that and my nerves, I had the bed shaking from my body shaking! The nurse went to get me some warm blankets (from an actual warmer!), while the anesthesiologist explained that he was going to put something in my IV that would make me drowsy. The warm blankets came at the same time that the shot went into my IV, and I swear to you......I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!! I was suddenly NOT scared, so relaxed and incredibly warm. I asked the guy if I could take a six pack of whatever he shot in my IV home with me!!!! It was awesome.
Not kidding, I don't remember a thing until I woke up in my room. Not the recovery room, mind you - but my actual room. They told me that they talked to me in recovery - probably doing the "squeeze my finger" and all - but I don't remember it at all.
No catheter here either. As I said before, I didn't have any pain in my incision either. I had to go to the bathroom right away when I woke up, but when I tried to move, I got really nauseated. They put more of that anti-nausea stuff in my IV and I was fine.
As far as weight? I've always struggled with mine too. I put on about 30 pounds in a very short time right before my thyroid problem was detected. I gained around 5 more after I had my TT, because I was so hypo - in preparation for the RAI. They're keeping me hyper for cancer suppression, and I've been able to lose about 12 pounds so far. I'm working on getting the rest off.
Like the other poster said, everyone is different. I was hoping the weight would drop off, but it isn't any easier to lose now than it was before. But it's not any harder either. Hope that all helps!
Good luck tomorrow. I'll be thinking about you, and please post when you feel like it to let us know how you're doing.
Lori
You will be just fine. Actually, when they wheeled me into the OR, it was so stinkin' cold in there. Between that and my nerves, I had the bed shaking from my body shaking! The nurse went to get me some warm blankets (from an actual warmer!), while the anesthesiologist explained that he was going to put something in my IV that would make me drowsy. The warm blankets came at the same time that the shot went into my IV, and I swear to you......I thought I'd died and gone to heaven!! I was suddenly NOT scared, so relaxed and incredibly warm. I asked the guy if I could take a six pack of whatever he shot in my IV home with me!!!! It was awesome.
Not kidding, I don't remember a thing until I woke up in my room. Not the recovery room, mind you - but my actual room. They told me that they talked to me in recovery - probably doing the "squeeze my finger" and all - but I don't remember it at all.
No catheter here either. As I said before, I didn't have any pain in my incision either. I had to go to the bathroom right away when I woke up, but when I tried to move, I got really nauseated. They put more of that anti-nausea stuff in my IV and I was fine.
As far as weight? I've always struggled with mine too. I put on about 30 pounds in a very short time right before my thyroid problem was detected. I gained around 5 more after I had my TT, because I was so hypo - in preparation for the RAI. They're keeping me hyper for cancer suppression, and I've been able to lose about 12 pounds so far. I'm working on getting the rest off.
Like the other poster said, everyone is different. I was hoping the weight would drop off, but it isn't any easier to lose now than it was before. But it's not any harder either. Hope that all helps!
Good luck tomorrow. I'll be thinking about you, and please post when you feel like it to let us know how you're doing.
Lori
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