I too feel fine without my thyroid. As long as I take
my thyroid hormones.

Dawn
--- granite_lake_1 <granite_lake_1@...> wrote:

> 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
> >
>
>
>


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