Thyroid

[hedder14 59]

I've been feeling and doing great since my surgery and had my bloodwork done for my annual check up, now my thyroid has come back off.. It's now showing that I have hyperthyroidism????

I was wondering if wt loss surgery could cause this?? I had my thryoid checked in March and all was fine, that was several weeks after my surgery. I had a complete panel done a few weeks ago and it showed thyoid being off.. I had them repeated last week and the dr. called and said they are still off... So I now have to have a scan of my thyroid..

It's just odd that all of a sudden it's showing something now after I've had all my other bloodworks being fine..( which I have had my blood drawn for yrs every 3 months and it always came back fine )

Any ideas???/

[Fantasy 104]

Why don't you talk to an endocrenologist, they are the ones who are qualified to answer this kind of question.

[hedder14 59]

Afraid not!! my endocrenologist has no idea.. I thought I would ask because maybe someone on here might have had the same thing happen..

But thanks!!

[speekrn 3]

I have hypothyroidism too. I can tell when doses are off. I am thinking its off now. Heart racing lately. I know the signs and symptoms of both hypo and hyper. Maybe this surgery jacks up hormones and changes occur. How long ago did you get banded?

[hedder14 59]

I don't have hypo I have hyper. I just find the timing strange. But it is what it is and i must deal with it. Having a scan on tuesday

[hedder14 59]

I was banded on 2/8/12. all test were fine then too

[papoose 48]

In the beginning of this year my primary dr. had me do some blood work and my thyroid level came back abnormal, i then took another test and the same results. My levels weren't to bad, it came back that I am now hyperthyroid. She sent me to the endocronoligist and she had me do a thyriod ultrasound - with that they saw a small nodule that may be cancerous, but she couldn't really tell from the results. So I then went and had to take an xray pill and then xrays. That wasn't telling her much. She doesn't know what to do. I am not on any medication for it, levels are not that high for it. I am just tired of all the testing and she still can't tell me what is going on. I am now going to the ENT dr. because he will be the one to remove it. Get his opinion on what is going on. She said sometimes they need to remove to tell if it is really cancer, but if it is it is the easiest cancer to treat. She also said it is better to just remove the nodule on the thyroid, then I don't have to always come back and forth for testing. Just zap it with radiation and then it is over. I never had thyroid problems before. After losing 130 lbs. I guess my whole body is off, so it needs time to adjust to weight loss.