In 1999, I had half of my thyroid removed due to cancer. In 2002, they had to remove the other half. If there was any other treatment, I would have definitely gone with it. Complete removal of the thyroid means being on thyroid replacement therapy for the rest of your life. Your TSH levels will be kept at approximately 0.38. Even at this level, most people do not feel as well as they did before surgery. It is next to impossible to find an endocrinologist who understands that there are people whose bodies cannot convert the T4 treatment (synthroid, levoxyl, armour, etc.) to the T3 the body actually needs. Try to convince your endocrinologist to at least try the T4 treatment with Cytomel and also possibly adrenal supplementation. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES take Synthroid. I have come across many people, including myself, who have not been happy with this med. One month you do fine on it and the next, there's very little benefit. There's a number of other thyroid supplementations out there for you to try.
Good Luck,
Sandy