hypothyroidism

i was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and hashimoto's disease and a goiter in january. i've been put on meds and tested every 6 weeks for TSH numbers and the numbers keep climbing regardless of increasign meds. i have read that thyroid problems cause sudden death after surgery and im TERRIFIED!! i'm having a VSG at the end of august. my TSH is 71 and im currently on 250mcg of synthroid daily. does anyone else have thyroid problems that's made it through surgery? i just need to relate to someone to ease my mind about having surgery!

I also suffer from hypothyroidism.  I take 200 mcg at this time.  I do know as my weight changes, my TSH also changes so it is tested often.  I did not have any problems after surgery related to my thyroid problem.  Hopefully you can get the TSH a little closer to normal.  Good luck on your surgery.

thats reassuring thanks so much!

I had hyperthyroidism and had to have my thyroid removed a few years back.  Since I have no thyroid, I now have hypothyroidism and was on 275 mcg of synthroid when I had surgery which was only on 7/11.  My doctor just took my dosage down to 225 mcg.  I have not had any problems related to my thyroid since surgery, although it has only been a couple of weeks.  I've never heard of thyroid problems affecting the surgery, but definitely do your research and bring it up with your surgeon to help with the fears that you have.

isnt' it crazy how you can go from one extreme to the other so quickly? my doc was talkin about killing my thyroid radioactively, but my endocrinologist thinks we can control it with meds. i sure hope so. i hope my thyroid problem won't keep me from losing weight like i should after surgery.

Is your TSH 71 or 7.1?  I'm pretty sure at 71 you would be in a myxedma coma.

Most of the risk from surgery comes if you're hyperthyroid (overactive) and have a thyroid storm in response to the stress from surgery. When you are hypothyroid,  it takes a while to tune in thyroid meds. T4 is active in your system for 2 weeks, so dosage changes take a while to go into effect. 

Ihave Grave's Disease an went through radioiodine therapy to knock out my thyroid years ago.  I am now hypothyroid and take .225mg of levoxyl (generic synthroid) a day.  That hasn't changed as I've lost weight although I exercise a lot which is probably why.  Since I became hypothyroid i***** I have had 5 surgeries under general anesthesia including VSG -- 3  were long, involved, and traumatic operations on my eyes and eye sockets to deal with Graves' Eye Disease which is one of the lovely bonus autoimmune diseases that comes along with Graves.

I've been taking 175-250 mcg (currently 175) of Levothyroxin/Synthroid for thirty years.  Had surgery two months ago.  Didn't die. 

Frankly, I've never heard that it was any kind of an issue with surgery.

I am 14 days post op and I have Hyperthyroid and I'm still alive doll.. I have levels that are out of this world. My PCP said he has NEVER seen levels as high as mine in all of his years a a PCP. You have nothing to worry about you will be just fine. Just let them know about your thyroid and everything will turn out okay and you will be on the losers bench with us before you know it!!!

thanks! LOL my doc said he's not seen levels like mine in awhile either. im sure ill be fine, im just a worry wort! i cant wait to join the losers bench!

Hey, I have hypothyroidism, too and take 150 mcg daily of synthroid and I made it through surgery fine! I'm actually losing really, really slowly--only 29 pounds since surgery 4 months ago and I just went to have my TSH levels checked last week. The doc thinks my thyroid is either out of whack again or that I have adrenal burnout and it's messing with my weight loss. But as far as surgery, no worries! :)