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Re: Thyroid Surgery
Reply #15 - Feb 26^th, 2021 at 12:37pm

Setanta wrote on Feb 25^th, 2021 at 8:47pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on Feb 25^th, 2021 at 2:17pm:

I must get checked for that myself as we have a history of it in the family and most recently one sister had one the size of an orange growing inwards, surprisingly she did not have difficultly swallowing.

As I do have issues with food being swallowed that is regurgitating food that hasnt gone down properly, its probably worth checking.

Thyroid or Prostate? Undecided

Was talking about getting the thyroid checked, but am already taking tablets for enlarged prostate (Duodart?)

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Reply #16 - Feb 26^th, 2021 at 3:41pm

Best of improvement Carl D.
I've been told, and experienced it a bit myself.
But Regional Hospitals, which are ironically smaller staffed - have few line-ups as most regional people are healthier than their city counter-parts.
I've heard people even flying to Fiji for operations - a lot cheaper than Australian Health System (or long waits on the Public) even with the airfare and they have a holiday too. A cash in hand bonus to the surgeon is still a lot cheaper than to a Private Hospital - the cost of which has seen a dramatic drop in Private Health customers.

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Reply #17 - Feb 26^th, 2021 at 4:21pm

Jasin wrote on Feb 26^th, 2021 at 3:41pm:

Best of improvement Carl D.
I've been told, and experienced it a bit myself.
But Regional Hospitals, which are ironically smaller staffed - have few line-ups as most regional people are healthier than their city counter-parts.
I've heard people even flying to Fiji for operations - a lot cheaper than Australian Health System (or long waits on the Public) even with the airfare and they have a holiday too. A cash in hand bonus to the surgeon is still a lot cheaper than to a Private Hospital - the cost of which has seen a dramatic drop in Private Health customers.

Perth public hospitals are actually very good.

The RPH building might be a bit old, but the care given by the doctors and nurses is really quite extraordinary.

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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9662 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Thyroid Surgery Reply #18 - Mar 11^th, 2021 at 11:16am Well, today was supposed to be the day for my thyroid surgery but it has now been cancelled (again) and rescheduled for March 31st. Quite understandable of course - Royal Perth is a very busy hospital (at least they don't consider my surgery to be urgent which is a good thing for me, I guess?).
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47962 Gender:	Re: Thyroid Surgery Reply #19 - Mar 13^th, 2021 at 3:52am Hope it gets done on time without problems, Carl!
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Reply #20 - Mar 15^th, 2021 at 9:29am

Thanks, Jovial Monk.

I should have been a bit suspicious before I went to Royal Perth last Thursday because they hadn't sent me a new appointment letter after they phoned me on February 18th to tell me the surgery had been changed from February 25th to March 11th and they also didn't send me a reminder text to my mobile phone the day before the appointment like they usually do.

Oh, well, at least I know now to call them to confirm the appointment for March 31st if I don't get a new appointment letter and reminder text message before then.

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AiA Gold Member Offline Posts: 18405 Gender:	Re: Thyroid Surgery Reply #21 - Mar 15^th, 2021 at 10:20am My sister-in-law had thyroid cancer, had surgery, and is doing quite well years after the fact. I believe she takes synthetic thyroid now but am not sure ...
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Reply #22 - Mar 15^th, 2021 at 10:29am

AiA wrote on Mar 15^th, 2021 at 10:20am:

My sister-in-law had thyroid cancer, had surgery, and is doing quite well years after the fact. I believe she takes synthetic thyroid now but am not sure ...

Hi, AiA.

Good to hear she's doing well. I'm just having the right side of my thyroid (and the lump that's attached to it) removed.

If you have the entire thyroid removed then you need to take tablets for the rest of your life to replace the hormones the thyroid normally produces.

If you just have half of the thyroid removed like I'm having done then the remaining half can usually take over the full function of a complete thyroid but if it doesn't then I'll probably need to take tablets to make up for the hormone 'shortfall'.

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 49890 Gender:	Re: Thyroid Surgery Reply #23 - Mar 15^th, 2021 at 10:43am I know a Chinese guy who has to take so many pills and tablets that he puts them in a bowl and eats them with chopsticks.
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Reply #24 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:29am

Well, today is (hopefully) the day.

Have to be at Royal Perth for 10:30am (7:30am now) which at least is better than when I went there at 6am on March 11th only to be told the surgery had been cancelled again and changed to today.

Mind you, I'm going to call Admissions at 8am just to double check. I received an updated appointment letter 2 weeks ago and I had a call from a lady there last Thursday to confirm the appointment but they usually send a text message to confirm the appointment on the day before and I didn't get that.

I don't want to go all the way down there for nothing again.

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Reply #25 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:52am

Carl D wrote on Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:29am:

Well, today is (hopefully) the day.

Have to be at Royal Perth for 10:30am (7:30am now) which at least is better than when I went there at 6am on March 11th only to be told the surgery had been cancelled again and changed to today.

Mind you, I'm going to call Admissions at 8am just to double check. I received an updated appointment letter 2 weeks ago and I had a call from a lady there last Thursday to confirm the appointment but they usually send a text message to confirm the appointment on the day before and I didn't get that.

I don't want to go all the way down there for nothing again.

Hope it goes ahead Smiley

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47962 Gender:	Re: Thyroid Surgery Reply #26 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 12:20pm Me too! I guess it has, CarlD has not come back to say it was cancelled.
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Reply #27 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:13pm

Thanks, guys.

Unfortunately, after waiting at RPH from 10:30am until 4pm I was told that they couldn't do the surgery today because they'd run out of time.

All I got for my journey was a little plaster on my left arm where they took a blood sample and a nice texta arrow on the right side of my neck presumably to let the doctor know which side of the thyroid he's taking out. Cool

They were very apologetic (not their fault, of course) and they almost managed to fit me in for another appointment tomorrow morning but couldn't do it.

Wasn't too keen on the idea anyway just before Easter and I would have had to either stay there overnight tonight after being there nearly all day today and stay there all day tomorrow and overnight again and come home Friday morning.

I said that it was a bit difficult leaving my 91 year old aunt on her own for 2 days and 2 nights so I said I could go back for 6:30am tomorrow after coming home tonight but, as I said, they couldn't fit me in tomorrow morning anyway (they rang me as I was coming home to let me know) so I'm guessing the next appointment will be sometime after Easter.

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Reply #28 - Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:21pm

Carl D wrote on Mar 31^st, 2021 at 9:13pm:

Thanks, guys.

Unfortunately, after waiting at RPH from 10:30am until 4pm I was told that they couldn't do the surgery today because they'd run out of time.

All I got for my journey was a little plaster on my left arm where they took a blood sample and a nice texta arrow on the right side of my neck presumably to let the doctor know which side of the thyroid he's taking out. Cool

They were very apologetic (not their fault, of course) and they almost managed to fit me in for another appointment tomorrow morning but couldn't do it.

Wasn't too keen on the idea anyway just before Easter and I would have had to either stay there overnight tonight after being there nearly all day today and stay there all day tomorrow and overnight again and come home Friday morning.

I said that it was a bit difficult leaving my 91 year old aunt on her own for 2 days and 2 nights so I said I could go back for 6:30am tomorrow after coming home tonight but, as I said, they couldn't fit me in tomorrow morning anyway (they rang me as I was coming home to let me know) so I'm guessing the next appointment will be sometime after Easter.

drat, what an awful few days.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Online Dogs not cats! Posts: 47962 Gender:	Re: Thyroid Surgery Reply #29 - Apr 1^st, 2021 at 8:07am Bummer!
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