Tomorrow is the big day!

[TXMomOfFaith]

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?

[Totie]

Yes, i had the weight loss even though i constantly ate, rapid heart rate, always on the go, insomnia, headaches and would get hot flashes. My regular PCP at the time treated me for 6 months (in that time never did blood work) for guess what?? give up?? Anxiety...Yep, she just insisted I had personnel issues. The only thing she ever did was change my headache medication when i kept going back because they would not go away. It took a goiter and for me to be diagnosed  with hypthyroidism/graves disease. It took another doctor 15 seconds to diagnose me (asked me to stick my hands out in front of me-they would not stop shaking). I was very lucky my regular PCP was out...

[TXMomOfFaith]

Well I did something I should not have. I watched a TT on you tube! Yikes! It looked horrible. Thankfully it will be done while I am completely out and not knowing what is going on,unlike having a tooth pulled or something. I didn't feel anything when I had my wisdom teeth out BUT I heard everything(gross) and could feel the pressure of how hard the dentist was pulling and such. Being aware made it worse I think. How sure are they that giving you a sedative when you get to the hospital won't interfer with the anathesia and such? If it is totally safe, I am going to ask for a sadative as soon as I get there. I have to wait 4 hours after getting there before the surgery to start and I thats a long time to go stir crazy in. SEDATIVES HERE I COME! hahahahahehehe!

[mw1943]

Good luck and God bless! We will be keeping the light on...

<<>>Margie

[TOLD YOU]

Honey I am a large woman too and my neck was big..actually smaller with my goiter out...LOL...dont worry about your weight I am sure they deal with people like us all the time.
They never mentioned my weight and I did just fine..=)
With all the prayers you will have going up how could something go wrong..
Dana

[painter64]

Good luck, you will do fine, and just Know that you will soon be the one that can answer all the questions for someone else who will feel just like you do now and really need your advice.That will be your purpose through all of this and thats the reason you will wake up and get through all thats to come. Prayers are with you.

[TXMomOfFaith]

Wow! 80 pounds! Did you have any symptoms that indicated you had or goiter or at least one that big?