Hi, my husband has severe graves disease and has had his thyroid taken out because of cancer. He took a radiation pill which made his graves disease much worse. He took about 15 weeks of 500 mg. intervaneous I.V. for his graves too. Now he is like a wet noodle. No energy, no stamina, no strength, etc. They have him on 150 mg. of meds for his now gone thyroid. What can we do?
HI, thanks for using Chat Doctor The decreased energy and strength may be related to the hypothyroidism that can occur after radioactive treatment for hyperthyroidism. Hypothyroidism is associated with fatigue and weakness. It is possible that his thyroid hormone levels have not been optimized as yet. His doctors will likely recheck the thyroid function and increase his medication dose if it is found to be still low. I hope this helps