I am almost 4 weeks post TT and I don't know who is in my body. I am so moody and feel awful. It all started over a year ago when I called my midwife and told her that I still felt "post partum" but my baby was a year old. She started me on some medication and we drew some blood. My thyroid levels were off, so off I went on my journey. First to my family doc, some ultrasounds of my thyroid and diagnosis of mulitnodular goiter, who then sent me to my endo who I need a translator to understand, but I did not know any to ask for. I told him that I had been working out and felt like my neck was getting muscular. My midwife had felt the enlargement there already. He did all the initial bloodwork and I started on Synthroid. I called him about 3 weeks later because I was even more tired and could barely do anything. He increased the dose but come to find out, I was pregnant. I miscarried the baby 5 weeks later due to low progesterone from the hypothyroidism. This is just the beginning. I kept on the Synthroid and in about August 2006 I really felt my neck getting very tight with difficulty breathing, singing, etc. I called him and he had me increase my Synthroid. Finally, in November, when he wanted to keep waiting, I insisted on doing another ultrasound and biopsy if necessary. We did the ultrasound and they decided to go ahead with biopsy. They found Hurthe cell adenoma. I didn't like the sound of it and so I looked it up. Everything I found about Hurthle cells was associated with cancer. I went back in end of November for results and my decision. I decided to have my thyroid removed due to difficulty breathing, the large size and the uncertainty of the those cells. Good thing. They removed my thyroid on January 11, 2007 and found papillary cancer (which was missed on biopsy) I just went for my follow up last Friday, with my list of questions in hand. My surgeon, who was very good, said that the cancer was very small and could almost be called "benign" Huh? Isn't cancer cancer? He said I need no further treatment, no radiation, no thyroglobulin levels in the future, no scans, etc. I was okay with it until I read some of the posts here. Should I push it a little more? My Synthroid dose was 125 mcg before surgery so they kept me on that, but I sure feel VERY hypothyroid right now. I see that some of you are on double that dose post TT. I wanted it all when I went there, the scans, the radiation, all of it-I have a 2 and 4 yr old! I am puzzled now. I was going to see my family doc again in a couple days for an antidepressant, but it looks like I should be calling my endo for higher Synthroid and Cytomel (which I have never tried) Sorry about the long blurb, but sometimes it is nice to get it all out. CANCER, CANCER-When does that word leave your head so you can sleep at night. I am lucky that I had it out when I did, and so many of you are so much less fortunate, but I wasn't ready for that stupid word.
Thanks.