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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoGO" data-source="post: 830028" data-attributes="member: 176588"><p>I had a total thyroidectomy operation several years ago and never felt well after the surgery.  I started to feel totally exhausted and although I was not overweight at the time of the surgery, I started to put weight on around my middle.  My GP told me that my weight gain was 'middle-aged spread' and kept testing my thyroid hormone levels to explain my weight gain and tiredness.  I was taking on replacement thyroid hormone tablets and this went on for at least 4 years until I became so ill that I could not function at work and was sleeping for hours during the evening and at weekends, and had a terrible thirst. I lost my job as I fell asleep at work. Finally at the routine blood test at the surgery, I asked the phlebotomist to tick the box for blood sugar on the form and I was called into the surgery two days later as my blood sugar was over 30 and I was told that I had Type 2 diabetes.  Does anyone know if Thyroid problems/removal predisposes a person to diabetes?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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