Carmel's Post Thyroidectomy Appt

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Hello everyone, I went to see the surgeon today for my 3 week follow

up appointment and he told me that there was definitely no cancer in

my thyroid. Everything else, he thought, was progressing nicely and

I can start weaning off the calcium and Vitamin D with a schedule for

monitoring my calcium and parathyroid hormone levels. My thyroid

weighed 88.31 grams.

He was not happy when I told him that I was 9 days pregnant when he

did the surgery. His suggestion was that I consider terminating the

pregnancy. He did also say that " he is not the expert " and that I

should talk to my ob/gyn.

I asked him if he had other patients that had been pregnant during

surgery and what did they do? He said that they had terminated their

pregnancies.

So, now I am frantic to speak to my OB/GYN -- which I will try and do

as soon as I can get past his receptionist. . . wish me luck!

Carmel

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Carmel,

I agree with here...there's no reason to panic! There's a very good

chance the baby wasn't even affected, if he/she wasn't implanted yet. Also, I'm

wondering about this doctor. How many women has he operated on who were

pregnant? Isn't he doing pregnancy tests as a pre-op?

Without going into a long explanation, I've had two " difficult " pregnancies and

now have two beautifully healthy children. I really doubt an OB would suggest

termination under your circumstances. I'll be praying for you and your baby.

And remember, these little fetuses are more resilient than we think!

Much luck!

Kristi

Carmel's Post Thyroidectomy Appt

Hello everyone, I went to see the surgeon today for my 3 week follow

up appointment and he told me that there was definitely no cancer in

my thyroid. Everything else, he thought, was progressing nicely and

I can start weaning off the calcium and Vitamin D with a schedule for

monitoring my calcium and parathyroid hormone levels. My thyroid

weighed 88.31 grams.

He was not happy when I told him that I was 9 days pregnant when he

did the surgery. His suggestion was that I consider terminating the

pregnancy. He did also say that " he is not the expert " and that I

should talk to my ob/gyn.

I asked him if he had other patients that had been pregnant during

surgery and what did they do? He said that they had terminated their

pregnancies.

So, now I am frantic to speak to my OB/GYN -- which I will try and do

as soon as I can get past his receptionist. . . wish me luck!

Carmel

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> He was not happy when I told him that I was 9 days pregnant when he

> did the surgery. His suggestion was that I consider terminating the

> pregnancy. He did also say that " he is not the expert " and that I

> should talk to my ob/gyn.

At least he had the humility to admit that he's not the expert. That

other women terminated their pregnancies is irrelevant; after dealing

with the Graves standard of care system, it's quite likely that these

women didn't do further research or had other concerns.

I hate to bring this up but let's take a less than optimistic look at

this for a minute. What are the drs. conjecturing could go wrong? What

are steps you could take to reduce the problems - e.g. having higher risk

prenatal care, having a good post-partum team available, etc.? Somewhere

between the " nothing bad is likely to happen " and the worst case

scenarios there is still middle ground and you have to investigate what

that is before taking the sort of action your surgeon recommends, if you

even would, which I don't think you want to do and I don't blame you

because I wouldn't either.

Hope your recovery from the surgery is speedy and complete, Take care,

Fay

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[Guest guest]

> He was not happy when I told him that I was 9 days pregnant when he

> did the surgery. His suggestion was that I consider terminating the

> pregnancy. He did also say that " he is not the expert " and that I

> should talk to my ob/gyn.

At least he had the humility to admit that he's not the expert. That

other women terminated their pregnancies is irrelevant; after dealing

with the Graves standard of care system, it's quite likely that these

women didn't do further research or had other concerns.

I hate to bring this up but let's take a less than optimistic look at

this for a minute. What are the drs. conjecturing could go wrong? What

are steps you could take to reduce the problems - e.g. having higher risk

prenatal care, having a good post-partum team available, etc.? Somewhere

between the " nothing bad is likely to happen " and the worst case

scenarios there is still middle ground and you have to investigate what

that is before taking the sort of action your surgeon recommends, if you

even would, which I don't think you want to do and I don't blame you

because I wouldn't either.

Hope your recovery from the surgery is speedy and complete, Take care,

Fay

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