Did you only have the one (left) lobe removed, which means the right lobe is still intact? I'm not sure the pain can be attributed to the surgery.
Can you describe the pain? Is it like muscle cramps?
Yes I had only the left lobe removed. My calves just hurts. It hurts when i touch the areas or when I lie down or when I try to stretch my legs out. When i walk it hurts sometimes the pain feels like an after leg cramp. Its hard to describe all I know is why its happening. I'm suppose to see my doctor on Thursday so maybe he'll give me answers.
Have you been started on replacement thyroid hormones or do they expect your right lobe to be able to produce adequate hormones?
You could have magnesium deficiency. What you're describing sounds similar to what I get when I don't have enough magnesium. You can try supplementing with magnesium citrate or magnesium glycinate. Magnesium oxide is pretty much like a laxative and won't help your muscle pain very much. If tomorrow is the Thursday you're seeing your doctor you can discuss this with her/him. 400 mg/day is the standard dosage.
I would also ask the doctor to test for both Free T4 and Free T3 to see where those levels are after the semi-thyroidectomy. I recently found that after getting 2 shots for help with bronchitis, that I started having muscle pain and cramping, like I have had in the past while low in Free T3and hypothyroid. One shot was an antibiotic and the other a steroid. I stopped the steroid right away and seemed better, but next day when I took antibiotic it was right back again. I took extra T3 med and it eased. Next day I did not take antibiotic either and all pain was gone. Upon reading about possible causes I learned that the steroid could affect conversion of T4 to T3, and the particular antibiotic adversely affected absorption of my thyroid med, so I ended up too low in Free T3 apparently.
Although it is soon after your surgery, ideally you would like to see Free T4 and Free T3 in the upper half of their ranges, now and in the future, as needed to relieve/prevent any hypo symptoms. Also it will be important for you to test for Vitamin D, B12 and ferritin and supplement as needed to optimize. D shold be at least 50 ng/mL, B12 in the upper end of its range, and ferritin should be at least 100.
Thanks for the information and advice. I will definitely talk to my doctor about them tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get the answers I need. Will keep you all informed.