Hello, I am recovering from a full thyroidectomy and right side neck dissection. I was in hospital for a week after my surgery due to sever low calcium. I was on a 12 hour calcium drip for 5/7 of my nights in hospital. I have been home from hospital for 6 days and have been prescribed 8 calcichews a day, levothyroxine along with numerous other medications that goes along with this. I was hoping members of this group can shed some light on their experience of low calcium. When I was in hospital on the drip I would always feel sick and occasionally throw up, I was on daily anti-sickness medication which I am continuing now. I was wondering for those of you who have experienced this does the feeling of nausea ever goes away? As soon as I wake up I feel nauseous.
Another topic I would like to discuss is feeling uncomfortable when swallowing and general stiffness of the neck. My cancer had spread a lot more from what the scans showed. Initially I went in for a full thyroidectomy and right side neck dissection of levels 2-5b, I ended up needing level 1-7 neck dissection which is a massive difference. When I talk and swallow I feel as if there is someone lightly strangling me. There is no extra swelling or sign of infection around the scar area. I did have a massive operation they removed 40 lymph nodes including my full thyroid, so understand it could just be due healing, please let me know if anyone else has experienced this sort of pain or if there is any cause for concern.
