I found out in April I had 3 tumors on my thyroid therefore after testing it was decided that I needed a total thyroidectomy. My surgery was done in early May and the frozen section of 1 of the tumors taken during surgery was benign however when the final pathology report came back 2 tumors, 1 on each side of thyroid, were cancerous ( papillary and follicular). Needless to say I was terrified. I began seeing my endocronologist for treatment. I had to wait about a month and a half before we could do anything as before my surgery I had a CAT scan with iodine dye and we had to wait for the iodine to get out of my body. I then did a 24 hour urine test and the iodine was out. So, I had to stop my Cytomel and go on a low iodine diet for 2 weeks, which was awful. I had absolutely no energy, very sluggish, very emotional, and the low iodine diet was terrible as there’s not much of anything you can eat. I then had my I-131 radiation treatment and had terrible reactions thus ended up in the ER 2 days later. The following week I went for my whole body scan, which came back looking good. I’m now on Synthroid, which I began July 31st. I am still dealing with no energy, very emotional, sluggish, achy, loss of taste buds, gaining weight, feeling at a loss, and dealing with a husband who makes comments such as, “You’re not the only one dealing with this. I work all day and then have to come home and do everything around the house!” I feel guilty but I just can’t do it. It’s all I can do to get a shower and do a load or two of laundry. I’ve tried to explain that the endo. told me it would take about 6 weeks for the synthroid to really kick in but my husband seems to think he knows everything and that I should be up and running by now and continues to push me to do more. I went to my endo. yesterday as I’ve been having horrible chest pains, very bad acid reflux, loss of balance, and a swollen and very painful salivary gland. I was given some meds. and told to give my synthroid about 5 more weeks and I should begin to start feeling better and that these reactions I’m having are from the radiation and to take it easy and rest and NOT push myself. I explained what the dr. said to my husband and his response was, “so i guess that means I have to go 5 more weeks doing everything.” Well, that really helped me emotionally. He is also a very controlling man, and has no patience at all and is not sympathetic or empathetic. I know he loves me and worries and when he gets scared, it comes out as anger. His mother died of a stroke when he was 8 years old and I think this has alot to do with his seemingly “uncaring” attitude. he is not one to sit and talk things out so I just have to hold my feelings in, I cry a lot and rely on family and friends. He’s really been griping at me lately for everything and of course I’m always wrong and then of course cry and cry. I am sorry for the length of this but I guess I just needed to let things out. If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate your feedback. Thank you for reading this lengthy explanation. As a side note……I also had my entire large colon removed last July and almost died as I was given too much morphiene thru the pump, I’m also having to see a gynecological oncologist as I’m dealing with female pre-cancerous cells and have already had to have 2 laser surgeries since Dec. to remove the cells. The last biopsies were very close to being cancer. So……..I’m really dealing with a lot and I just need some encouragement to continue to fight the fights. I’m so tired. Again, thank you.