@av8r525, I hope your son's surgery went well last week. Here are a couple of discussions where you can connect with others who have papillary carcinoma of the thyroid:

- Life after total thyroidectomy after papillary cancer https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/papillary-thyroid-cancer/
- I have Papillary thyroid cancer that has spread: Is there help? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/life-after-total-thyroidectomy-after-papillary-cancer/