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Had total thyroid removal when 26. Never given medicine. Throughout next 47 years had problems off and on. Had all the test. Checked normal. Although left eye would increase / decrease in size. Final scans showed thyroid had grown back. Now thyroid test level is 672. Medicine changed twice. I have serve eroded esophagus. Does one effect the other?
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Hello @ellennoanswers44 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Can I start by clarifying if you are asking if there is a correlation between your thyroid and your eroded esophagus?
Yes. And asking about how common is it for thyroid to grow back after surgery.
I went to a specialist about two years ago and she on top of being rude told me I had a beautiful thyroid and never had surgery to remove my thyroid.
Yes and why is there not a lot of info about thyroid growing back after surgery?
If you know what clinic / hospital removed your thyroid, contact their medical records dept and ask for your medical records. Hopefully they still have records. Some clinics never destroy records. When I requested records for my deceased mother, it went back to early 50s.
The records would show what was removed and why.
Laurie
Records show 100% total erratication. Hyperthyroidism
I can’t find any research on why thyroid grows back.