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@gillsden

Hi - I am two weeks post lobectomy and am re-reading all these wonderful posts. What did you decide - half or whole? I was in the same situation and it was a very difficult decision for me to make. I decided on a thyroidectomy since it was the only side that came back with 70% chance of cancer. It did come back capillary cancer but contained. No need for surgery on the other side.
I hope all is well for you!

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Thanks so much for your message! I ended up having the entire thyroid removed. I had an excellent surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He told me after the surgery that I had made the right decision removing the entire thyroid because there were additional tumors growing that were not picked up on the ultrasound. It all healed quickly and now I just have to take a thyroid pill each day. I will have to go for ultrasounds every six months on my lymph nodes, but the one lymph node that was removed was not cancerous. In addition to the ultrasounds, I will have to have bloodwork done every so often. I hope that all is well for you too!