I was scheduled for partial a year ago. With fna they found cancer on both sides so had total
Because it was done late in the day i spent the night in hospital.
I have not had many surgeries but this was the easiest to go through as far as recovery time. I was tired but felt fine. Surgery was Thursday and was back at Church preaching on Sunday- so no probs with voice at all
Be gentle with yourself
Synthroid has not been an issue at all for me