I had a complete thyroidectomy and partial parathyroidectomy 4 months ago and was diagnosed with metastatic papillary cancer (2 of 6 lymph nodes were positive). My endocrinologist assures me "it's absolutely nothing to worry about" and refuses to consider radioactive iodine testing or therapy. She tells me it should be considered as Stage 1, while my oncologist says it is clearly "Stage 3, at the least." Not sure what direction to turn at this point other than to request a second opinion from Mayo. Any thought?