Hi all, this is my first post on the site. I am currently in the process of obtaining a sleeve surgery, I'm hoping for a July date (tomorrow is my last physical supervised weight loss visit, yeah!). Anyway, I technically have no thyroid after having radiation and have a heck of a time losing weight because of it. In fact I have never lost anything more than a few pounds since losing my thyroid. I'm worrying that even with the surgery I still won't be able to lose weight. Does anyone have experience with the sleeve surgery and no thyroid that they can share?

What did your surgeon say about it? I am hypothyroid and losing at a steady rate. Slow and steady.

I had my thyroid removed and have radioactive iodine treatment. My surgery is May 27 and I'm concerned about this as well. I'll let you know how this goes for me.

I still have my thyroid technically but dr said it is virtually useless and I'm almost fully relying on Armour. Been sleeved for two months, lost 35 lbs pre-op (over 5 months) and 31 lbs post op. Slower than many who started at my weight but I'm pleased. I'm smaller than I've been in 15 years!

beth_d,

I can't answer the question regarding if you have no thyroid. I've been on a dosage of .088 mg of Synthroid for years because of Hypothyroidism.

At my last support group meeting, one of the weight loss surgeons said: "This is a marathon, not a sprint." He said your body may lose slowly but that's OK because you're in it for the long haul.

Welcome to bariatric pal,

Kathleen

Thank you very much for your responses. I haven't talked to my surgeon about this specifically but I definitely plan to.

Thank you very much for your responses. I haven't talked to my surgeon about this specifically but I definitely plan to.

I had thyroid cancer at 16 and 3 years of annual inpatient radiation treatments. They completely removed my thyroid. I had a recurrence at 35 and had another inpatient radiation treatment. My current dose is .224, I take 2 .112's a day. I haven't been tested since my sleeve surgery on March 19, 2014.

I'm going to call my dr to see if I should gets labs done. Never occurred to me my weight loss might effect the dose.

Thanks for sharing.

Laurie

I have a puny thyroid. On Synthroid 150mcg and Cytomel 25mcg. I have lost 45 lbs since 12/23. It has really slowed down the last month.

Happy dales how much weight have you lost since you had surgery? I had thyroid cancer too. Had my thyroid removed October 2012. I'm on 175 synthroid.

Hi,

I've lost 62.5 pounds. Last week I only lost 2.5 because I'm having issues with getting my Protein in. The nut told me when I increase the protein I'll start losing more. My avg per week was 5 pounds.

Laurie

Wow that's great! I hope I do as well as you.

NewTee when was your surgery?

I haven't had surgery yet. It's on May 27.

i still have my thyroid but have hypothyroidism. my synthroid dose is .2 right now. My sleeve was done April 14th. My weigh loss has been really slow also. Drives me crazy. Following this post to see how everyone does. I will post my status here periodically also.