I had surgery on December 3, 2007. I was nervous, too. I elected to have surgery because I had Graves’, had nodules growing in my thyroid, and had gotten a set of suspicious biopsy results. My surgeon was frank with me as well. Boy am I glad I had surgery. It turned out that I had follicular cancer. Not that it turns out this way very often. The surgery was very easy, as was recovery. Almost no pain after the second day of recovery. I was swollen and felt like I had a lump in my throat for about a month, but other than that it was easy. I also had RAI as a backup treatment since I had a malignant diagnosis. The RAI was worse than the surgery. I lost my sense of taste for about a month or so. No pain, though. I would trust my endo’s decision. Lot’s of people have this surgery. It’s very common. If you have the option, you can research your surgeon to make sure you get the best. Good luck.
P.S. My firts full body scan showed no signs of cancer.
