What To Expect After Thyroid Surgery
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2017
- Thyroid cancer treatment has lots of things going on. In this video, Dr. Clayman discusses what to expect after thyroid surgery and how it changes depending on what kind of thyroid cancer operation you had. If half of your thyroid gland is removed (see our video on Thyroid Lobectomy for Thyroid Cancer), you should be released from the hospital the same day. If your entire thyroid gland is removed or your surgery requires removal of neck lymph nodes (neck dissection), then you will spend a night in the hospital. The incision is not very big if done by an expert thyroid cancer surgeon, so the discomfort of thyroid surgery may be relieved by taking ibuprofen (Motrin) or naproxen (Aleve). The day after surgery, Dr. Clayman recommends that you resume all normal activity, except for heavy lifting. Your incision will be covered with superglue which seals the incision allowing you to shower and exercise as you normally would. Just pat dry over the glue. Note, these are the expectations if your surgeon is Dr. Clayman. Your experience my not be similar with another surgeon.
Most people should be aware your voice will likely be horse for a few days and there is a 2% chance your vocal chord can get cut during surgery. The incision, although it will heal over time, it will likely always be there
I just had a total thyroid removal yesterday and EVERYTHING the doc stated about pain has been correct! The only discomfort I'm having is from the tube. Absolutely no pain from the incision. 👍
Same here. Only a 4" incision...skin was tender, but not painful. The sore throat from the tube, which has electronic monitoring thingys, was the only painful thing. Lasted a couple days. I brought sore throat lozenges with me (OK'd by dr.) and just kept drinking water with ice in it. Made some jello, pudding and other soft foods for the fridge before I went in. Whole operation wasn't half as bad as my imagination led me...it was fast too. The worst part is not being able to sleep in the hospital, because they wake you every couple hours to take blood pressure, blood samples, etc!
Your thyroid doesn't bexome againg?
Nicole Does your voice change?
NA This is great information. I am having the surgery Monday the 24th. The Clayman Thyroid Cancer Center clips provide excellent information!
@@BlueMeaney49 whats the update?
i just found out i need to have this surgery soon, this video answered all my questions and concerns. really put me at ease, thank you for this video
Same I'm so scared lmao I'm 13
I hope you both recovered gracefully 🙏🏾❤️
@@tysonconnell6832 You'll be fine, i just had it done. You'll wake up and it'll be done.
Hi, just wanted to know how you are doing.
I hear being on the thyroid medicine for no thyroid sucks
Oh by the way. The cut didnt hurt much at all. I did wake up with someone cleaning my face in recovery room and I felt like I was just a living head. It felt sore then but when I woke up it didnt hurt. The main thing was my breathing as my vocal cord on the one side had closed .... so they were wondering if to take me down and put a breathing hole in my neck. The consultant did sit by me for a while to listen. I was left on the oxygen and by 4am in the morning I was up for a wee ... no pain. Just couldnt turn head much. Stitches out was ok and the tube winded me a bit but it was ok so dont worry if you need a lump removing ...just get a good surgeon whose experienced if possible. When I had the next side done the vocal cord reopened but that was the end to my real singing career....
Everyone has a different threshold for pain. Your level of pain was just your experience and nothing more.
@@Justcallmerita true and maybe what drugs they give.
I had half my thyroid removed recently. The pain has been terrible and I have been very tired. I found out today I have an infection now.
Am cured from hypothyroidism with the help of herbal remedies,from dr iyaremoses on RUclips channel ☺️.
I had my total thyroidectomy last Saturday, it was a successful surgery. It took less than two hours, however, the recovery is a little bit hard. I'm very tired and weak, my emotions are all over the place. My doctor said that my calcium was low so I had other side effects thanks to that, and yeah, there's also the coughing it drives insane!!!!!. But other than that, everything is good.
Heyy I just got my left Thyroid removed and my whole body hurts, what did you do to get better
@@myob1749 there's nothing u can do except take your vitamins. Vitamin D and calcium are very important, and also make sure to take your Levothyroxine regularly or else you will feel tired the whole day. After some time your body will adjust to the changes and you'll start to feel better and stronger.
@@mariachebbab9309 thank you so much for this!!! They are not giving me the Levothyroxine yet because they want my right thyroid to adjust and see if it can sustain for my whole body. I appreciate you thank you for messaging me back. ❤️
@@myob1749 yes they usually do that when you remove only one side of the thyroid. And it's my pleasure, I'm happy that I could help you.
I hope you'll get better ❤.
Maria Chebbab how was recovery? When were you able to run or bend down? And what was the reason for your thyroidectomy, nodule? Cancer?
Yes not really any pain. Only took Tylenol for sore throat. Pretty easy recovery all in all.
I've just had a total thyroidectomy and am now having trouble with lack of calcium I gave to have infusions of calcium every week
I wasn't able to have any nsaid`s because I was on blood thinners but I had a lot of aggravated nerves in my neck then I had trouble choking very easily on things that tightness would increase to the point where I almost couldn't breathe Immediately after surgery I started to have panic attacks in my sleep and/or of the past 14 years I'm still having them where my heart rate will pick up for no reason. Does having your thyroid and remove your heart rate?
I'm having my thyroid removed on the 31st January. It's been a long time coming. It's lingual thyroid I think they called it, as it's in the base of my tongue and very large (8cmx8cm+) I'm happy to be having it removed as it makes me look like I have a huge double chin, when in reality I don't! I am getting pretty anxious about it now it's getting close. I don't know if these videos are helping lol
Can you please make some updates as I'm going for surgery within a month for half thyroid removal and I'm not very good handling this emotionally and my thyroid is about 4,5cm
This is scares the sh** out of me.
Rachel..I hear ya!! Just had my surgery a month ago. My neck looked large and looked like I had a double chin as well.
Thanks all for sharing
.I am having mine removed entirely due to graves disease.
I am not worried at all ,just concerned about the "no energy " thing , I play soccer and I'm very active.
Update, I'm feeling awesome. No change in energy level just stay active
All mental
@@Thefrankmaister1911 same iam doing good and gaining some muscles
@@abdullamohammed_ glad to hear keep it up.Stay Safe
@Sahil a the whole thing was removed. They left my parathyroid glands intact, those are the little things that absorb vitamin d.
I had a total thyroidectomy, a litter over a week ago and the incision is 10 inches. I got staples then the next day they removed them and just used steri strips to hold it together. I had to wait a few days to shower. My steri strips are now slowly coming off. I got to eat later that day after surgery (I ate salmon, rice and peas) then regular food diet the next day. Swallowing is still a little hard and talking comes and goes. A little hoarse then fairly good. My incision is still quite sore, maybe I'm slower to heal as I am a Type 1 Diabetic for 32 years. I only used extra strength Tylenol first few days then nothing. Still have no energy and sleep ALOT. Guess until they get the Synthroid medication right for me, I will go through issues. With the pain I thought maybe I shouldn't have had this surgery (regret?) but I'm sure it'll all work out. HAD to have it removed as I was diagnosed with Graves and had quite a few nodules and 1 really large one. The biopsy showed something and the surgeon said to remove the whole thing as removing the nodules I may develop cancer later and this way I won't. I only go to the surgeon to see how I'm doing, next month so I hope I am heading on the right path.
10 INCHES???? I'd get another doctor. Mine was only about 4". The thyroid is not that big!
Dear Doctors, In my experience, on the nhs here in England your thyroid incision is 22 staples long .......... you get broken fish fingers for dinner .... there is one loo for two wards with a gap so everyone can see in the loo which by the way is dirty. The nurse pulls out your drain stitch and says 'oh no I've pulled out the wrong stitch'. You wake up with a vicar looking at you ... I thought he had come to say a last prayer! You hear you have thyroid cancer by overhearing the doctor talking about you on the phone. But its free service so I suppose its ok. Your vocal cords are looking at by about 10 students passing around the tube camera thats down your nose going into your throat which at least 'tickles'. You are taken outside in the snow wearing your nightee, slippers and someones borrowed coat in a wheel chair to see if you have a reaction to outside lol. High tec there then. You put on three dress sizes in six months and are told it shouldn't be happening ......... right my body was overtaken by some strange fatness. Your NHS seems to have problems having a ENT Consultant Oncologist. For a while there doesnt seem to be one even now I am not sure. You are left with GP saying up your thyroxine and the hospital saying you should down your thyroxine. The thyroxine is keeping the cancer at bay ............. you feel so assured - not. My TSH level is now 0.07 is this ok?
Typical NHS !
thank you for giving information. but what do you mean superglue? was that a joke or they really use glue:0?
Medical grade super glue..Yes!!. I've actually gut myself pretty good at home and used regular super to seal it..don't even have a scar now.
My cousin has undergone thyroid surgery last month n now after the surgery test suggested that he is suffering frm medullary carcinoma..so now wht r v supposed to do
Plz tell me if we removed total thyroid gland for women .Is infertily will happen or not. somebodys telling like this im very much scary about it. we dont have baby till now ,we past 6 years waiting for baby what to do?
When u have got surgery
Pain, a Lot of pain
WHY STITCH WHEN YOU CAN SUPERGLUE YOUR INCISIONS SHUT!
I got my total throidectomy done 14 years ago and still iam struggling with cramps due to calcium difficien cy. Because of that my bone joints were swollen and paining having nightmares always. Iam consuming nearly 2000mg.calcium everyday.
Am cured from hypothyroidism with the help of herbal remedies,from dr iyaremoses on RUclips channel ☺️.
Do you recommend general anesthesia or not?.
yes, I was put under and thank god as it would have been worse. They have to put a breathing tube down your throat and force your neck up to operate there.
Lol of course. You expect them to operate on someone's neck while they are fully alert?! C'mon now, think about it. It's a serious procedure!
I had a total thyroidectomy on January 2,2015. Two weeks later, my ENT calls me on the phone and tells me to stop taking my Synthroid right away because the pathology department found active cancer cells and that I’d have to go see a radiation oncologist for some radiation treatment. I think i must’ve fallen through the healthcare cracks because 42 days after my ENT told me to stop taking my Synthroid, I got an appt to see the radiation oncologist. I told him that i was off of my Synthroid for 42 days and he could not believe it. And yes I am a Canadian. And this is the Canadian healthcare system.
Goodness, why did your ENT recommended that, you could have end up in a coma😱 are you better now?
@@CT-um7zq heyyy C T…..hope your week is going well….unfortunately, no, I’m not better now. Health probs have been popping up. After my total thyroidectomy, I had a gallbladder attack on July 21,2021 and ended up going to hospital for 4 days. If I was wasn’t poked with needles, I was probed. Then on January 25,2022, I had my gallbladder removed. But between times, I had an MRI done and it revealed that I have 8cm cysts on both of my ovaries. I went to a gyno and she wants to do a laparoscopic bilateral salpingo oophorectomy. To put that in layman’s terms, they’ll be removing both of my ovaries and both of my Fallopian tubes. I told someone on YT that if they keep taking things out of me, I’m going to end up being Samantha Skeleton..lol.
@@BabesInToylandandotherthings damn! Well, at least you don't have to worry about the hospital bill.
I hope everything goes well🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
@@BabesInToylandandotherthings had gallbladder removal surgery last year and now will have thyroid one. i think thyroid controls cholestorol and thyroid issue caused my gallstones. Doctor says thyroid nodule is benign but big enough to require surgery. prob is everyone i talk to hate being dependent on thyroid medicine for life. im in my twenties.
@@kaiserkhan9832 I will turn 58 in Nov. and yes, the thyroid is the control centre for mostly everything in your body. I’ve had my thyroidectomy in 2015 and since then I’ve changed my Synthroid 4 or 5 times. I told my mother that if they change again, I’ll have a rainbow. Lol. Have a great weekend.
Sir,what food should be avoid after thyroid surgery?
Am cured from hypothyroidism with the help of herbal remedies,from dr iyaremoses on RUclips channel ☺️.
Funny, because :
I had little to nearly no energy for the first three weeks after TT.
I could not even walk around the house for nearly a month let alone run outside.
I still cannot do much heavy lifting or I'll feel swelling and pain. It's been two and a half months now
It was very difficult to talk for the first two weeks after surgery. I sounded like Stephen Hawkins during that time.
TT takes a lot out of you, the body goes into shock until it can adjust to being without a thyroid and only inactive t4 for a substitute. Where is the strength to run?
I also had six days of tremors, tears and panic attacks.
PLEASE TELL THE TRUTH. STOP THE LIES.
I knew it was bullshit. Before I got a Brazilian butt lift they said don't worry it doesn't hurt blah blah blah.. Yeah right I felt like I got hit by a car for a week. Now I'm getting a thyroid ectomy in 6 hours I'm nervous. I
Yes, I had mines removed 6 years ago. After the surgery I was a mess, took at least half a year to feel back to some what normal. All the side effects and symptoms you said happened to me, this doctor telling that man what should happen afterwards but not what potentially going to happen. But in time it gets better .
Cynthia Smith u should check ur thyroid hormon level and ca level , may be the cause
You have to see an endocrinologist afterwards to give you the correct amount of hormones. After having a thyroidectomy you will have to be on medication for life to regulate your hormone levels.
Medication for life is their solution.
What about the steps to take to heal the thyroid instead of undergoing surgery?
My mother had thyroid surgery 25 years ago now again she is feeling something in his neck. Please answer my question can thyroid recur after surgery?
Visit the doctor that your mother gets operated
Get a review checkup done
I had thyroid removed.. that’s a good question.. can thyroid recur after surgery..
Do you anyone knows if medicine ( levothyroxine) is necessary to still take after the surgery… .. I hope not..
Any other suggestions???
Yes. It is uncommon but it’s fully possible.
That a lie I had half thyroid remove it be a week ago tomorrow I'm weak and have dizzy spells off on on
I'm struggling too 😭 mine was taken off on Friday I'm so weak I feel like I got hit by a truck
Then you desperately need to start taking thyroid replacement hormones!
Neverending fatigue and weight gain
Then you need thyroid replacement hormones!!
Just removed half my thyroid glad on left side I’m feeling okay now around 30 hrs ago. When can I smoke marijuana again? I stopped a few days before surgery
What to expect living like a zombie