My heart goes out to you and your family. Depression can steal the person you once knew and love from you. You cannot make a person want to live, if she has lost the will to live. This is crushing, frustrating and maddening.
In my search to find some information for you, I can upon the Cancer Survivors Network, part of the American Cancer Society.
The page title is Depression after thyroidectomy
Here is the link:http://csn.cancer.org/node/155809
My first thought, which is addressed in Summer76's post, is regarding synthetic thyroid hormone replacement. Has your mother-in-law been receiving levothyroxine following surgery?
My second thought is a question actually. Why was the surgery performed? If cancer is the reason, that may be the underlying cause of the depression. Most of us, if not all of us, who have been diagnosed with and battle cancer, experience depression.
I hope in some small way, I have offered you some help.
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Hello Anonymous,
My heart goes out to you and your family. Depression can steal the person you once knew and love from you. You cannot make a person want to live, if she has lost the will to live. This is crushing, frustrating and maddening.
In my search to find some information for you, I can upon the Cancer Survivors Network, part of the American Cancer Society.
The page title is Depression after thyroidectomy
Here is the link:http://csn.cancer.org/node/155809
My first thought, which is addressed in Summer76's post, is regarding synthetic thyroid hormone replacement. Has your mother-in-law been receiving levothyroxine following surgery?
My second thought is a question actually. Why was the surgery performed? If cancer is the reason, that may be the underlying cause of the depression. Most of us, if not all of us, who have been diagnosed with and battle cancer, experience depression.
I hope in some small way, I have offered you some help.
Maryann
September 20, 2012 - 4:04pmThis Comment
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