Hi Jenn,

One thing I will say about having my thyroid removed, is I don't feel
any ill effects from it's absence. I take the hormone replacement - (I
take levoxyl) and I have my levels tested twice a year. It can take up
to six months to settle on the right dose, and occasionally the doc's
will change the dose according to the results of your labs. But apart
from the initial settling down period I have been fine ever since.

Take care,

Please let me know how you get on.

Debbie



--- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer" <jimnjenh@...> wrote:
>
> My Name is Jenn- I am 28 years old and will be having a total
> Thyroidectomy in the next few weeks. I was told about three weeks ago
> I could have Thyroid Cancer after a large mass was found on my
> isthmus. This came two months after finding out my Dad had stage four
> throat, larnxy and lung cancer. Through out the last three weeks I
> have been to four different doctors including a Ear Nose and Throat
> Specialist and a Endocrinologist. Making my total Doctor visits and
> hospital visits to ten in the last two weeks. After several biopsies
> and a Thyroid Scan I was told two days ago I would require a total
> Thyroidectomy. I am extremely scared...but thyroid issues are not new
> to me…I have been suffering from Hypothyroidism since I was seventeen
> and also have Hashimoto's Thyroditis.
> -Jenn
>