Three weeks ago yesterday I had to have my thyroid surgically removed. Five rounds of ultrasound along with accompanying nuclear uptake scans over 2 1/2 years (every 6 months) and immeasurable blood tests indicated I had a couple of growing nodules and a few new ones developing so sooner or later I'd have to have surgery. I decided to proceed.

My thyroid was three times bigger than normal and the surgeon said it was "filled" with nodules, cysts and cancer. He thinks he got all the cancer but I'll have labs in a few weeks to find out for sure.

Because the surgery was so much more involved than expected, I ended-up with all my parathyroids wounded (for lack of a better word) so instead of coming home right away, I had to stay in the hospital four more days for IV calcium.

I feel better but woefully tired. I'm on a low dose of thyroid hormone replacement but it'll be 3-4 more weeks before they even begin trying to prescribe the optimum dose for my body.

I've missed following everything at PsychCentral. If my concentration was poor pre-surgery, right now it is almost non-existant! Everyone keeps saying I'll eventually feel better - I hope they're all not just trying to humor me!!