When I got out of surgery I felt completely ill. I felt groggy and my neck felt tight I also felt like I could not breathe right. Which that to me was the scariest feeling so far. The hospital took forever in letting me get to my room. So I spent about 4 hours in the recovery room not really recovering with all the activities going on in there. I spent the night which was nice. I had trouble sleeping because of that drainage tube they leave in your neck for a week. You literally walk around with the excess fluid and blood from your neck and then they have to empty it out every so often Yuck! Next day they bring a roommate in who takes one look at me and makes a not so nice comment. I guess she thought I looked antisocial because I did not say anything to her. The truth was I could barely speak after surgery. My voice sounded like Mickey Mouse. Anyway as we got to talking she wanted to know what I had and I told her. She drove me nuts for two days cause I could hear her talking about me for two days and saying that poor girl is going to die. I forgave her cause I saw she was old and did not know any better. Anyway when it was time to leave I was so happy to. Mom and Dad Picked me up from the hospital they insisted on doing this. They visited for a while then went home. That night I started to feel tingly sensations on my arms , I ignored it then I went to the bathroom and my legs from knee down went numb like and I felt like I had never felt before pin like sensation on my legs. STill went back to bed then it happened again. Except my legs got real hard and ridged. I called for my husband and I told him somethings wrong. We called the surgeon at 3 am and asked and he said go to emergency room. I told them what had happened and they told me my calcium levels dropped. Now my doctor only saved two para thyroids and I knew this could happen. So now 2 more days at the hospital with Calcium pills every 6 hours. I still felt some tingly but it was getting better. First night at the hospital I felt like I was going to get a panick attack. I did not want to be there and I felt so sick and afraid. Next day still more calcium and me gagging every time cause it hurts to swallow. Anyway they finally release me with this calcium schedule of 1500 calcium meds 4 times a day. I start to gag and can barely eat. Eating all these pills on an empty stomach is not easy. Now I wake up and I am nausea all the time and I can't use the bathroom. My friend came over to keep me company and I spent the day miserable and crying. My hands and feet were so cold. I put on gloves and socks to keep me warm. Mind you it's almost july and I am freezing. Anyway by the end of the I take a stool softner and that did it. I spent 3 hours ill after that on the "bowl". After sometime I noticed warmth started to come back in to my hands. That night I felt some relief but I still could not breathe right and felt really weak. So I packed an overnight hospital bag just in case. I managed to fall asleep and today I felt relief. It was the first day I was hungry. So I sort of binged on everything under the sun. It could not have been a much nicer day it was cool and sunny. Right now I am getting sleepy and my neck is hurting me. I believe my nerves are waking up in they are not too happy. Tomorrow I will visit with endo to discuss RAI. Wish I did not have to do this but have to.
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