Will underactive thyroid cause a denial or delay of surgery?

I had Graves disease and had radioactive iodine this time last year to kill the thyroid glad. I have continually had to increase my synthroid doses and they called today and said it was up again. They said it should not be more than 5.5 and mine was 31. In addition I have Type II diabetes that is somewhat controlled with insulin pump, but not always. Are these conditions things that could cause me not to be able to have this surgery until they are in normal ranges? I am seeing my PCP tomorrow and will discus this surgery with her for the first time and I especially want to know if the thyroid can prevent me from having the surgery. (When I first developed Graves disease it was hyperactive and I actually lost about 22 pounds for the first time in a long time. Then after the radiation treatment, then after the radiation treatment killed the thyroid I gained all I had lost + about 10 more!) What a yo-yo! Thanks in advance for your help.!

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