Thyroid Issues...anyone Else?

[Nutzie 5]

Sleeved 9/11...shortly after had dehydration issue...dr took blood and found my TSH level was .02...she wanted to wait and have blood checked again...got results today and am still at .02!...have appt with my WL surgeon today...we will see...anyone else have similar problems?

[HadToDoIt40 34]

Even though my thyroid was removed about 6 years ago. Since surgery 4/2012 ,even with medication...my thyroid flucuates between high and low levels. I have been stalled for almost a month, no matter what I do and sometimes wonder if the long stall has something to do with my thyroid. Hopefully, we will get it right soon. Anyway, good luck to you.

[skinnyandrich 0]

I know this thread is pretty old but I wondered how you were both doing. Has your weightloss kept coming off?

I'm 6 weeks out from my sleeve after having my band removed 4 months earlier, my surgeon said the band had slipped and there was a massive amount if scarring that he wanted to heal for a while before doing the sleeve surgery. I had my band for about 6 years and had not lost any weight after the first 20kg. I was happy enough because it at least stopped me putting on any more weight. I started having chest pains and after all the tests to make sure it wasn't my heart my band surgeon thought the pain could be due to my band so he ordered a barium swallow.

The barium swallow technician found something far more interesting that he said I needed to get checked immediately. I had nodules on my thyroid. i had told my gp that I felt there was something wrong with my thyroid but he pretty much told me it was in my head. Anyway in a whirlwind week I was diagnosed with cancer and was in hospital having a total thyroidectomy and six weeks later high dose radiation therapy.

My life has not been the same since. Even with the sleeve I can't loose weight. I found a really great dr who found out that my body didn't convert the thyroxin into the t3 hormone which is the active thyroid hormone that our body's use for everyday functions. I've been on that for 8 months and its made no difference. I still have all the hypo symptoms. Today he has decided that from looking at my blood tests my body isn't absorbing the t3 med so now he is changing that and increasing my dose. He says I should notice a huge difference in about a week and a half.

I'm hoping that now instead of losing about half a pound a week through sheer starvation that my body will start releasing some of these terrible fat cells it seems to love holding onto.

I'd love to hear from anyone else who had had thyroid cancer and been able to feel good again AND be successful with losing weight with their sleeve.

Cheers Tracie

[HadToDoIt40 34]

Although, I feel my weight loss has been a little slow considering my starting bmi, I am still losing even with my thyroid issues. I have no thyroid and take 1.5 grains of Naturethroid each day. I was at 2 grains but my levels were so low...I was getting insomnia. Doc had to adjust my dosage I guess due to the weight loss. I am still feeling a bit out of sorts and think it may have something to do with my thyroid. I think this will be a long time battle But nonetheless, I am still losing....

[skinnyandrich 0]

That's really positive. I'm hoping my change if meds will do the trick. I'm happy to lose slowly just not this slowly!!

[pixigrl 33]

• I'm having my surgery on the 19th of March and Im really glad I found this thread. I'm curious to see what happens afterwards and how the thyroid affects the loss.
  

[Livinglifeout 217]

I know this thread is pretty old but I wondered how you were both doing. Has your weightloss kept coming off?

I'm 6 weeks out from my sleeve after having my band removed 4 months earlier, my surgeon said the band had slipped and there was a massive amount if scarring that he wanted to heal for a while before doing the sleeve surgery. I had my band for about 6 years and had not lost any weight after the first 20kg. I was happy enough because it at least stopped me putting on any more weight. I started having chest pains and after all the tests to make sure it wasn't my heart my band surgeon thought the pain could be due to my band so he ordered a barium swallow.

The barium swallow technician found something far more interesting that he said I needed to get checked immediately. I had nodules on my thyroid. i had told my gp that I felt there was something wrong with my thyroid but he pretty much told me it was in my head. Anyway in a whirlwind week I was diagnosed with cancer and was in hospital having a total thyroidectomy and six weeks later high dose radiation therapy.

My life has not been the same since. Even with the sleeve I can't loose weight. I found a really great dr who found out that my body didn't convert the thyroxin into the t3 hormone which is the active thyroid hormone that our body's use for everyday functions. I've been on that for 8 months and its made no difference. I still have all the hypo symptoms. Today he has decided that from looking at my blood tests my body isn't absorbing the t3 med so now he is changing that and increasing my dose. He says I should notice a huge difference in about a week and a half.

I'm hoping that now instead of losing about half a pound a week through sheer starvation that my body will start releasing some of these terrible fat cells it seems to love holding onto.

I'd love to hear from anyone else who had had thyroid cancer and been able to feel good again AND be successful with losing weight with their sleeve.

Cheers Tracie

I also had a total thyroidectomy and take .25 cytomel for my T3 and 125 synthroid for T4. If I don't have the cytomel I'm sluggish and can't lose weight. Not all endocrinologists believe in treating the T3 separately, but it is the only way I feel good.

[alisha510 20]

I was diagnosed hyperthyroid but all my symptoms match hypo. Does anyone else have had this?

I am so confused, but I hope that my sleeve surg will affect.my thyroid positively. I will have it in april

[babie_girl28 0]

I was diagnosed hyperthyroid but all my symptoms match hypo. Does anyone else have had this?

I am so confused, but I hope that my sleeve surg will affect.my thyroid positively. I will have it in april

Hello, I was hyperthyroid but had all symptoms of hypo. My blood level is normal and has been for 10 years but my hypo symptoms have not gone away. I am getting sleeved on March 28, 2013 so I hope this doesnt prevent my weight loss. I dont think it will. I am on the preop diet and have lost 15 pounds since March 14 which is 10 days.

[musiclover 61]

I'm on 100mg of thyroxin but with levels still under review as they are all over the place I have had an underactive thyroid for about 10 years now and PCOS and lose weight very slowly but gain very easily... and am hoping to get sleeve surgery in the next month or two. I'm interested to know whether the surgery will affect my thyroid problem?

[babie_girl28 0]

Guess I was wrong. I am not loosing at all. Only 10 pounds in 6 weeks

[misediva 3]

I was sleeved on 7/16/13 I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism the day after surgery in the hospital. I take two different medications for my thyroid everyday. This has not hindered my weight loss, I am at a 60 lb weight loss as of Monday.

[skikyd 165]

I was sleeved on 7/16/13 I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism the day after surgery in the hospital. I take two different medications for my thyroid everyday. This has not hindered my weight loss' date=' I am at a 60 lb weight loss as of Monday.[/quote']

What medications are you taking?

I was discovered to have hyper thyroid-ism during my Pre-op labs.

Further testing confirmed a para-thyroid gland with a growth on it. I am not taking any medication.

My sleeve surgeon has s heduled me to have it removed 4 weeks from today

The day after my sleeve, in the hospital, my heart began racing, 160 beats Per minute., and decreasing blood pressure.

I Am in Atrial fibulation. They moved me to a cardiac floor and held me 4 additional days.

They got things under control with bête blockers, and I am now home.

Met with an endocrinologist today.

She said the Para tyhroid should be removed-_ but only if the cardiologist agrees I can go under anthestia agnain soon.

[donkey booty 19]

I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a few weeks prior to surgery and I am freaking out that the sleeve won't work. I'm almost 4 weeks post-op and down about 30 pounds. I've never had any symptoms from the hypothyroidism expect the weight gain. I'm on a medication but IDK just hope this works.

[savannah31548 10]

I have been hypothyroid since 2009. I take 75 mcg of synthroid. Major weight gain since then after being obese my whole life. Got my first appointment with the bariatric surgery team at the mayo Clinic in November. Interested in seeing how this all turns out.