So, I was drifting in and out. Wish me luck. This is very long and is intended for people new to the group who haven't had surgery yet. The first few sips of water are described below, but then the pain quickly got better over the next week. Disclosures: Lee and Vodopivec report no relevant financial disclosures. My voice was also severely affected but it got better with exercising. Twenty-eight patients who had undergone thyroidectomy and 28 healthy . Ylinen J, Takala EP, Nyknen M, Hkkinen A, Mlki E, Pohjolainen T, Karppi SL, Kautiainen H, Airaksinen O. JAMA. Do they usually biopsy Lymphnodes during TT? RAI was the next thing that worried me, but once again, I found that it was overly emphasized online. I'm considered low risk for recurrence. I asked if I could turn my head (I have no idea why I asked if that was OK, I just did) and I was told, If you can tolerate it. I am still thinking the level of Synthroid is low for me but according to Dr Ch. However, patients who undergo thyroid surgery often experience discomfort symptoms such as stretching, pressing, or choking feelings in the neck, headache, shoulder stiffness, and difficulty in moving the neck or shoulders. On the 6th I had my hearing test from my 2nd ear surgery, it came back that my left ear is defiantly almost perfectly recovered (to what bone conduction reads) and said I will not have to worry about hearing aids for a few years at least. My throat feels full and I still feel "gaggy" from time to time. I think my voice was the last thing to come back, but after 3 weeks that was fine as well. Ear surgery went well on the 19th I started getting my hiccups and those lasted 7 days I did manage to get an ear infection on Friday Aug 20 and by Sunday evening I was at max allowed pain meds and it wasnt helping. 5) Biopsy report came back showing 2cm+ Papillary - w/ follicular variant, and Lymphocascular invasion, but completely contained in Thyroid. Find other members in this community to connect with. Do others work out as soon as possible? Mid summer I saw and felt a lump on the right side of my neck. We watched tv and I prepared to watch the Monday Night Football game (pretty much normal for me). Ask to be checked with a Geiger counter to determine when you are safe to be around your family. My Dr (Endo) said he did not want me in his office for another 7 days and the hospital nurse said that was crazy and she used a Geiger counter on me to see how "hot" I was. I really haven't had pain since mid-lsat week. Next for me is RAI and then WBS. I woke up and ate some more pretty soft food (didn't want to push it) and stayed up until about 10pm. Before my thyroidectomy I experienced ear pain on and off, where it felt like a sharp, stabbing pain around my left ear. Chronic postoperative pain exists in varying degrees for every type of surgery. I do remember them asking me a few times if I was in pain and giving me more pain medication. Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics Guideline Task Force, et al. #1. The initial clinical suspicion pointed to a haematoma, but a needle aspiration showed chyle. The transfer team asked me to put the bair paws gown back on and I said no it was too hot. This option may be indicated if a thyroid nodule is small and localized to one side of the . 14 Months After Thyroidectomy. I was downing water like crazy as well, which helped but also was a double edged sword of making me need to use the restroom quite frequently, which was a chore with all the monitor wires attached.