hope all will continue to be fine for you.I had follicular thyroid cancer 4 years ago, no Synthroid for My fist operation it was pure Hell. i was so weak at this Time! But now i am on My 5th year and cross My fingers...
My mass was so big Then i had difficulties to breathe and swallow. It was like the pipes under the sink, My orl show me. My first opération, 7 Hours. My second 3. No bed in adult section for My recovery, i was in pediatric section with giraffes and elephants on wall lol!
6 months after My second operation i had Iodine 131 200mg
Where is everyone? Hope everyone is doing ok and check in when you can.
What was one of my pop up ads but none other than Sophia Vergara advertising Synthroid. lol.
I am exhausted. Its day 3 of teaching and I am so thankful that I have 4 adult helpers at times plus the two teenagers. We have a class of 20 kids and 2 of them are autistic and sometimes they are a handful. One has trouble focusing and the other one just constantly interrupts with questions and if you dont answer him the way he wants you to or expects what the answer is he wont stop asking or talking etc. We love all the kids but none of us are actually real teachers so we are trying to do what is best for everyone. But they really are sweet kids, just so many of them. God bless real teachers. I always have a heightened respect for them after I do this for a week.
Oh and in other news my dh has decided to take ds1 and ds3 to Hawaii next week. He said his boss said he has to use some of his vacation days. Right now there is not a dog leash big enough to get dh out of the dog house he is in. I did tell him what the honey do list around the house is, but I am not holding my breath on any of it getting done. I told him since he has to use so much vacation time then just pencil me in for some scans, blood tests and drs. appts. too. lol. Yup, nothing like spending quality time together, lol.
singing mom - I would love to hear about your trip and I think the auto train is a great idea.
Christine - I hope your med issues can get straightened out and that you get to a good level that you are comfortable with and that your endo visit goes well. Also hope you are able to sell the car. We always just usually run them into the ground and then donate them not including the one van that was totaled by the girl on the cell phone.
Well nothing too much new. Except for the usual bruises. At least they are not big and I see about 4 of them so far so that is good. A sweet elderly man from my church passed away yest. I guess ds2 and I will go to the viewing if it works out. Poor ds3 background check finally came through. She said she never saw one so long in her life. So now she said he might not make the orientation deadline and might have to start work in Sept. so one month with no income, sigh. Also he is going to ask if they are still going to assign him to the floor he interviewed on or will he be assigned somewhere else. We shall see.
Dh and ds1 and ds3 leave 3am on thursday morning. Just heard the baggage handlers are going n strike. Hope its not at their airline and ds3 is getting a surfing lesson from my cousins son who just moved to Hawaii. That should be fun. Its actually from his company that he works for. Ds is paying for it.
Mel
hang in there....
someone will come along to answer your questions as others have experienced more than i have with the thyroid issue.
my only surgery has been the salivary glands but i am treated for hasimoto and on meds for that and the vitamin d deficiency.
i have not had any experience with the parathryroid glands.
rotator cuff i have experienced.
my left rotator cuff i had full should surgery to repair the r.c. and the snapped tendons.
months later, had the right side done but that one was not as bad.
some peeps use an endo others use the internist.
i did it both ways but was forced to go with the endo as internist could not help me anymore.
a good endo is hard to find and when you do, could be a 6 month wait before an appointment can be made.
i went through that myself.
i know you are suffering.
with hypo thyroid diagnosis, lots of us suffer from the tiredness, palps, weight gain, tears, etc.
you've come to the right place as many here can share with you.
Mel,
This doesn't sound like a parathyroid gland issue to me. That mainly comes with tingling and muscle tetany.
It sounds to me as if you are still not fully medicated properly and are still hypothyroid. Do you know what your latest lab values are?
Also, if you remain hypothyroid for too long, you definitely get other issues happening such as low vitamin D and low iron which can make the hypo symptoms much worse. All of your symptoms sound like hypothyroidism to me, but I guess I could be wrong. Easy to pull/tear muscles for no reason when you are hypo.