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I to now have hasimotos. I was due for reconstruction surgery, I previously noticed a lump on my neck and had a scan which diagnosed thyroid involvement. I mentioned this to the plastics guy who added a thyroid test with the other pre surgery blood tests, they don't usually do this but as it turns out, my thyroid was way over active and he would not do surgery until stable, that broke my heart, but at the same time prevented me from dieing on the operation table, shifts in thyroid function while under anesthitic can cause a heart attack. So with this informaiton I had another blood test and this time it was underactive, all in the matter of one week. I also have a mixed connective tissue disorder which this now falls into that category. My younger sister has had hashimotos for some time but I only developed it in 2003, the downside was that while they tried to regulate my thyroid with medicaiton I went into heart failure in 3 valves, apparently I was suppose to die but someone had me in the bigger scheme of things and I am still around. This time in hospital was the worst I have felt in my entire cancer treatment which has stretched back to 1998 and has been non stop. I actually wanted to die, then after 7 days I came good and my thyroid is functioning normally with Thyroxine, I have to have regular blood tests to adjust my drug doses, out of that I now have a chronic heart problem and nothing to do with Herceptin, my left ventricle was and still is above 50% but I have to have regular echos and a visit to the heart specialist every 3 months, just to add to my regular BC treatments. I think my thyroid was upset by all of the radiation I had to that area, but then again I already have the connective tissue disorder, so I really don't know.
Love & Hugs Lyn
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