Wow. You must be a BIG dude if you actually want to weigh more than 180!
As a thyroid cancer survivor, I can attest that improper thyroid hormone levels will cause all those things. Might want to make sure you are getting enough iodine too. If so, then you may need supplemental thyroid hormone, although I would bet that what you have been through can cause those same things too, just by depleting your body's reserves, so hopefully the effects are transient. Anyway, congrats again on beating Stage 4 cancer and best of luck adapting to your new body.
Just an update and side note. I've been having a little pain in my neck over the past couple weeks, but it comes and goes. I just had a CT scan late last week of my chest and neck and everything looks good. There is some swelling, but its soft tissue and NOTHING in my lymph nodes. Soft tissue swelling happens around this time of the healing process they said (I'm 9 months out), and very normal, so I'm not really worried, but cautious. My doctor and the one who interpreted the ct scan were very happy with the results and they said everything looked good and not to worry.
On a side note, back in February of 2015, a colleague of mine who had just retired had a pain in his side. Went to the doctor and they found a small lump on his pancreas. They treated it repeatedly throughout 2015 and after initial success, it stopped responding to drugs. He dropped from 220 down to 105 lbs and had been in pain, even with the pain meds.
He passed away Easter morning while his wife was reading scripture to him. We were diagnosed roughly the same time, both non smokers, in good health, and he dies and I didn't. Cancer is so fucking random and there's really nothing we can do about it. This guy played tennis and pickleball, ran, was active, and still died from pancreatic cancer. I'm going to his funeral tomorrow.
Just an update and side note. I've been having a little pain in my neck over the past couple weeks, but it comes and goes. I just had a CT scan late last week of my chest and neck and everything looks good. There is some swelling, but its soft tissue and NOTHING in my lymph nodes. Soft tissue swelling happens around this time of the healing process they said (I'm 9 months out), and very normal, so I'm not really worried, but cautious. My doctor and the one who interpreted the ct scan were very happy with the results and they said everything looked good and not to worry.
On a side note, back in February of 2015, a colleague of mine who had just retired had a pain in his side. Went to the doctor and they found a small lump on his pancreas. They treated it repeatedly throughout 2015 and after initial success, it stopped responding to drugs. He dropped from 220 down to 105 lbs and had been in pain, even with the pain meds.
He passed away Easter morning while his wife was reading scripture to him. We were diagnosed roughly the same time, both non smokers, in good health, and he dies and I didn't. Cancer is so fucking random and there's really nothing we can do about it. This guy played tennis and pickleball, ran, was active, and still died from pancreatic cancer. I'm going to his funeral tomorrow.
I'm sorry to hear.
American health care system is so frustrating.....it's beyond belief. We have experienced similar and have also seen many people with similar frustrations.