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Any one gone through a thyroidectomy and parotidectomy together?
Thyroid Cancer | Last Active: Mar 13 6:39pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
@artishot92
Dr Moore is also 1 of my drs at Mayo. Totally agree; he's a saint. I had a tumor removed from neck carotid artery last July. At followup, suggested FNAs as I have non-normal thyroid nodes. They also removed an oversized lymph node when they took the tumors. My next visit is in a month; FNAs planned. Originally, Dr Moore said I don't have salivary glands issues, although its felt like mumps since way before the paraganglioma was removed by him & Dr Link. The painful swollen lymph nodes feeling is now also on the other side, and can feel something enlarged in thyroid area in front neck. How long were you in the hospital after surgery?
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@gangcarotid1
It sounds like you have something more complex going on than I do/did. I was only in the hospital a few hours after the surgery. They discharged me to the care hotel across the street, which was really nice to be not in the hospital setting. But I did have drains in both my incisions and that was tricky and I’m so thankful my husband helped me with emptying them and just generally watched over me. The care hotel room had an electric recliner which was sooo very nice.
I don’t think the two masses I had removed are related to each other, unless maybe it’s systemic from perimenopause, but probably not. I know I’m in good hands at the mayo and trust their conclusions and recommendations. I hope all goes well for you. With the paraganglioma did you have lots of pain? It sounds like something my uncle had where his blood vessel was right up next to a nerve and every time his blood pumped he had shooting pain.