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Chrisb428    626

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Has anyone here had issues with controlling thyroid level (presurgery) and if so has it gotten better or worse since surgery? Any help would be appreciated!

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Chrisb428    626

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That's who suggested it to me as well. I am on synthroid 200 and can't get it where they need to be.

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Chrisb428    626

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How far into the process are you daniellelosing?

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daniellelosing    33

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I just had my surgery on Wednesday....so this is day five....I am not hungry and I don’t feel low energy....

The recovery for me was a lot tougher than I anticipated...I expected to be in my own clothes walking miles and miles around the halls the second day...once they got my pain under control it went better. I came home Friday and it has been rough...I’ve learned short frequent walks are much better than long walks I did too much my first day home.

I was planning on returning to work this week but that is not happening I am taking off this week and possibly the following now.

It gets better though today I weighed and was down ten lbs :) in the hospital most people gain from the iv fluids and swelling.

When is your surgery?


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Wow, I am so sorry you're recovery has been so rough, but congrats on being done! My surgery won't be until late Aug or early Sept I'm guessing. My last of the required 6 mos weight loss visits isn't until July 24th. I'm so anxious to just get it over with. If it's ok, I'd like to follow you on here and find out how you are progressing. I am eager to see if it helps with the thyroid levels. Thank u for taking the time to reply and I hope the recovery process gets easier for you!

~Chrissy

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Wow, I am so sorry you're recovery has been so rough, but congrats on being done! My surgery won't be until late Aug or early Sept I'm guessing. My last of the required 6 mos weight loss visits isn't until July 24th. I'm so anxious to just get it over with. If it's ok, I'd like to follow you on here and find out how you are progressing. I am eager to see if it helps with the thyroid levels. Thank u for taking the time to reply and I hope the recovery process gets easier for you!

~Chrissy

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Chrisb428    626

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Thank you, it can't come soon enough! I look forward to hearing about your progress ☺

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Idk why it reposted my old message, sorry!

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JohnnyCakes    593

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i had really bad subclinical hypothyroidism for years pre-surgery. no medication worked and i gained 20lbs a year for 5 years straight.

after surgery i have no thyroid issues at all. it completely resolved it.

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Thank you for the reply! I hope this is the case for me. My level has been in the 30s for 2 yrs and im taking 200 synthroid without success. Im hoping I have the same results!

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Jeannie49    101

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I have a screwed up thyroid and my endo suggested the surgery as well as I was just not able to get on top of the weight gain. Both the endo and my surgeon said mine won't be the type that will go away after surgery but I would go down in dosages and so far they are right. Surgeon did say a lot of people are able to come off the meds.

I was on 3 thyroid pills a day (T4 and T3 in the am and another T3 in the afternoon). After close to 4 months, they re-tested me and my levels have gone up so they just took away my afternoon pill. I'm hoping it doesn't slow down my weight loss because I felt absolutely fine on the dosages I was on...guess we'll see this week.

Good luck to those still waiting for surgery. :)

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Good luck Jeannie49 I hope the new dosage continues to works as well as the old one. If u think about it, post an update. I'm curious to see what happens!

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22 hours ago, Chrisb428 said:

Good luck Jeannie49 I hope the new dosage continues to works as well as the old one. If u think about it, post an update. I'm curious to see what happens!

Thanks so much Chrisb - will do! do you have a surgery date yet?

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