Thyroid Update
October 4, 2008 3:07 pm RV Life, South CarolinaA quick update from this week. I saw the surgeon on Monday who said that one of my vocal cords is paralyzed. This is why I have been having problems with swallowing, breathing and talking. They are fairly certain that the nerves will regenerate but can’t give me a timeline as to when that will happen.
I met with the endocrinologist, Dr. Fernandez, on Wednesday. She is a MILLION times nicer than the doctor in Savannah. She is concerned about my calcium levels so she told me all the symptoms for low calcium and told me to go to the ER if I get any of them. I am on calcium and Vitamin D supplements. She also put me on thyroid meds. I am starting out low and she is hoping to increase it slowly. My heartrate was high at the visit so she doesn’t want to increase too fast because it can accelerate your heartrate.
She said my thyroid levels were not that low but that I don’t want to make the left half of the thyroid do all the work or it will enlarge and have to be removed. Definitely do not want that!! So this way the thyroid meds will take some of the work off of the remaining thyroid. I go back in November for a check up on my levels although I will have my calcium tested next week and the week after and call her for the results.