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Post-op concerns around partial thyroid removal

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Hi, I am 10 days post-op from having a 5cm lump removed from my left thyroid (half of my thyroid was also removed.) My first follow up appt is in 6 weeks but my neck is very uncomfortable (really tight, I feel like I am being lightly strangled all the time) around the scar area and swallowing anything is uncomfortable. I'm also really tearful, which is unlike me, and constantly tired. I still have steristrips on but can't bring myself to pull them off as the thought of seeing the cut makes me feel sick. Is it normal to feel so tight and uncomfortable around your neck at this point post-op? Just wondering when it will get better as I'm finding it all a bit distressing. 
 

Thank you.

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    Hi Helen could I ask was the lump benign and was it hard or soft to touch If it was visible I'm enquiring as I am myself going about a rather large  none solid lump base of neck I had one for 10 years but has started getting bigger 

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    I haven't had the pathology results back yet but the consultant said it didn't look cancerous when he removed it. I think it was solid and hard to the touch. It was growing for over 10 years really slowly - biopsy was inconclusive but in end the reason they removed it was because it was pressing on my windpipe and I was starting to choke when eating. I probably wouldn't have had it removed if it wasn't causing me any issues. 

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    I haven't had the pathology results back yet but the consultant said it didn't look cancerous when he removed it. I think it was solid and hard to the touch. It was growing for over 10 years really slowly - biopsy was inconclusive but in end the reason they removed it was because it was pressing on my windpipe and I was starting to choke when eating. I probably wouldn't have had it removed if it wasn't causing me any issues. 

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