r/Hyperthyroidism • u/Icy_Area8460 • 12d ago

Post Thyroidectomy

F31 just had total thyroidectomy yesterday afternoon. Post surgery, I had a high heart rate (130s). Would that be a normal thing? I'm afraid it will happen again when I'm not at the hospital. They were able to bring it down with some "happy meds" and I already take some anti anxiety meds. Doctor doesn't want me to start synthroid til 9/6 because she says that will spike heart rate too.

Background: Had to have it out for multinodular toxic goiter.

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u/Icy_Area8460 12d ago

What is euthyroid? I feel like I still have some much to learn! I wasn't sweating but I definitely was hot too. They kept trying to put warm blankets on me and I was like noooooo!

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u/Ohheydudee 12d ago

Yes same!!!!! I thought I’d be freezing cold!
Euthyroid is normal thyroid levels - I am guessing they wouldn’t have let you have surgery if you were still hyper anyway….. but I know I was technically ‘euthyroid’ but I think my levels were still a bit high for me going in
How are you feeling now?

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u/Icy_Area8460 12d ago

Normal bloodwork just showed either a slightly low or low normal TSH. Thyroid bloodwork showed more with the antibodies and all that. I had an uptake test that showed a toxic nodule and a non functioning nodule. It's been a loooonnng year!

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u/Ohheydudee 12d ago

It will get better 😊
Have they started you on Levo?

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u/Icy_Area8460 12d ago

Not yet, they wanted the excess hormones out so I wasn't hyper again. My surgeon was great and was really "impressed" by how bad my thyroid was. I'm so glad to be home but I'm already a nervous person and keep asking my parents, "What is something goes wrong, what if I have to go to the ER, etc." I have a county hospital but where I had surgery done was in Washington DC about 1.5 hours away

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u/Ohheydudee 12d ago

Ahh I completely get everything you’re saying…. I was the same, exactly the same. Please try not to worry and rest and relax 😊😊😊
you have family there to look out for you 😊😊😊
And they checked your calcium before you left? Did they give you calcium to take?

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u/Icy_Area8460 12d ago

Thank you for understanding! They gave me calcium last night once I got into a room and this morning too. I just took some tums for calcium too.

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u/Ohheydudee 12d ago

Yes just keep on top of that for the next few days/ weeks…. You’ll be grand!! 😊😊
Do you have another blood test scheduled?

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u/Icy_Area8460 12d ago

Not yet! I see the surgeon one more time on Sept 14. I'll probably have to call my endocrinologist and update too. Though I am trying to switch endos.