WELL, I met with my surgeon yesterday. The thing that blew me away was that he left it up to ME to decide whether to have a lobectomy or full thyroidectomy. I thought he'd have a strong feeling one way or the other. I've been researching the heck out of this and I'm leaning towards a lobectomy, but I'll tell ya, a crystal ball would come in very handy right about now. It feels like such a crapshoot, a gamble, a rolling of the dice, and I'm someone who sees things in black and white and doesn't deal well with gray. Any thoughts? I know each case is different, but was anyone else left to make this decision themselves?