Please remind me...

[sgorny]

... not to look up thyroid surgery or complications on the Internet. Just read about vocal complications... and freaked out. Got really dizzy, almost had an anxiety attack.

And since I'm prone to anxiety attacks, and I read too much, and now I know what to worry about...

Please, if I ever mention looking something up again? Smack me on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.

Comments

[equusentric.livejournal.com]

That's what my legal counsel said! I was reading so much stuff and getting myself so confused. He told me to stop reading stuff cuz I'd just get myself worked up for nothing.

YOU WILL BE FINE. YOUR VOICE WILL BE FINE. Just have faith.

(((((HUGS)))))

[rae-1985.livejournal.com]

Funny story along this subject: My Math advisor at school is a burnout from the 70s, and has recently discovered the internet. Every time he has anything wrong he looks it up online. One day he came to class, and told us class was canceled next time. He thought he had a skin condition (by his description, probably leprosy) and had a doctors appt. He ended up having a rash from a new detergent.

Another time he came to class, and told us he was going to have surgery on his sinuses, because he had a weird pain that could be something serious. He had a cold. Before we left for spring break, he said "Have a great break. I'll see you in two weeks if I haven't died. I think I have cancer." Turns out he was imagining things.

The man is clearly nuts, but he is a brilliant Mathematician. He just shouldn't be allowed near the internet. We did get a lot of extra class days off because of it though. The moral of this story is that you shouldn't look problems up on the internet, because it turns you into a hypochondriac. I'm getting the rolled up paper ready for next time! No amusing stories the second time around. Seriously though, I'm sure you will be just fine. The swelling is probably still there, and there is a lot of healing from any surgery. Just take it easy for a while longer. I'm sure it will all get better.

[hygher.livejournal.com]

*hug*

[teary-eyed2.livejournal.com]

I received literature and verbal explanations on the risks from the doctor and had to have a vocal cord check prior to surgery. Not that the risk should stop anyone going through with surgery. Has your doctor seen you yet to ask? And don't smack yourself with the newspaper, smack the doctor because he didn't inform you. It's probably a temporary thing. I couldn't feel any sensation up to my ears for almost a day when I woke up (again normal). Then I had my hands falling asleep because the surgery usually affects calcium levels, so I had to take calcium supplements and have a weekly blood test (and it's so hard to find my veins too) for 3 weeks. Just give it time.

And consider yourself lucky you didn't become a research poster girl like me because they used the new 'keyhole' cut technique for my first surgery/biopsy. During my 3 months post surgery followup, I was sitting in the waiting room looking at a display stand and didn't even recognize that it was about me (I had my pic taken as I sat up on the gurney with the cap on - only Gale can get away with wearing that thing). Of course there were also the obligatory surgery photos but they didn't show my face thank god. It was only when the doctor pointed it out that he hoped I didn't mind seeing it that I had the *doh* moment. And I thought passport/driver's licence photos were bad *lol*.

[phibetafunkay.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Never, ever do that - you'll only scare yourself.

[xoverau.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight* I do the very same thing. Deep breaths, man. Fear can only make time pass slower. We're all here for you.