Thank you everyone!

Zorah, thank you for reminding me of something I didn't update on...her level and meds and plans for the future!

They did a *complete* removal of the thyroid, not partial. As such, she'll forever be hypothyroid (which is much better for her considering).

She will still be seeing the surgeon *and* the endo to have her levels checked. The surgeon and endo had a conference and decided to start her out smack dab in the middle with her replacement thyroid hormone therapy and they will monitor her levels and go up or down from there. After about six months, she should stay pretty stable in her levels.

She's still just doing SO INCREDIBLY WELL. She's had no signs of the calcium deficiency, minimal pain and going to just plain motrin now, good engery for having had the surgery, etc. I think she is just so excited that it's done, but also had worked herself up for the worse in a preparation kind of way (but also knowing that she's had so many worse case scenerios with this), that it's literally been a piece of cake for her.

I have to help alot with the baby until Friday then I'm sending the lot of 'em packing with a smile on my face! LOL. Seriously, I should see a much more normal life come Friday...we all should.

I just really want everyone reading this to make sure to have a simple blood test if you have heart racing/palpitations, insomnia, overly energetic then "crash", panic or anxiety...seriously these are all major symptoms of hyperthyroid and it's missed so much as MI or emotional difficulties when IT CAN BE PHYSICAL.

Thank you all so much!

KD