after thyroid surgery, feeling of face drawing or tightening

lilyann here,

well, how do i start, i had already posted that i had 2 thyroid surgeries, iodine radiation, high dose. did not do the regular radiation that they wanted me to do because i did have to have some teeth removed. so this all started the last of 2022. where you go to the dr. and they want you to have an ultra sound. said i have papillary cancer. then the biopsy, then the ENT, find out your right vocal chord is paralyzed. the first local surgeon sent me to another atlanta surgeon, who said he would get my voice back but it would take 2 surgeries. well, i am in "whisper" mode today and still struggling to take in between coughing. i do have trouble swallowing. surgeries jan and mar, 2023, iodine radiation may of 2023. lots of pet scans, mri's. one time felt like i was starting to get lock jaw after the iodine radiation, called the dr. and she ordered steroid medicine.

what brings me here today is a thought in my head to research what is going on with me which really is no surprise, but, somehow needed to confirm it even if it was with AI.

this drawing or tightening feeling in my face, where i would actually stretch my face in all different positions, i could feel the numbing all the way into my lips, throat and tongue felt strange. all of my facial was feeling strange. then the ear pain of course, which as you all know was an early sign of thyroid problems. so then my eyes started feeling weird and getting harder to focus, my hearing was starting to be a problem. but, you know life goes on and you do what you have to do and now my temples feel strange. so i know i am not making any sense right now, but my head is and has been so full and of course my vertigo has always been a problem. spinning so bad the other day and just holding on for dear life to the table as i was standing up outside checking my flowers. then back of my head feels strange. so again, i thought, let me see what i can find out and of course whenever they do surgeries alot of nerves will be sacrificed in the deal. so i see horner's syndrome, haven't checked that out as yet. all these symptoms listed are because the cancer has metastised, i figured that. i guess i needed to see it in writing but then again it was listed on the last pet scan that the tumors have doubled since the last pet scan in march 2026. its such a feeling like your filling up a glass of water to a certain level, however, this is my head. weirdest feeling too. nerve compression, neurological compromise. these have just raised their head in the last couple of weeks. the stiffness in my head. the choking feeling has been going on since the biopsy in nov. of 2022, after those 4 big needles put into my throat and the anesthesia wore off, the next morning i text my sister that i felt like someone had their hands on my next choking me. i am still coughing as i was before all of this and that is when the one dr. told me its a thyroid thing. so that was actually the start of it all along with the ear pain. first 2 symptoms if that helps anyone. God bless us all.