Hello Barnesgirl and welcome to Cancer Chat.

I'm sorry that the communication you've been receiving hasn't been the best. This must be very frustrating but if there is anything you are unsure of or don't understand then do try and see if you can talk things through more thoroughly with your team so you know what's going on and where you stand.

Hopefully some of our members who have experience of thyroid cancer will share their experiences and advice with you soon but if you'd like to discuss any of this with one of our cancer nurses, they're just a phone call away on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m.

I hope you're able to find out more soon and I wish you all the best moving forward.

Kind regards,

Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hey, I had papillary thyroid cancer, which was dignosed by FNA. In your case, the odds are they will remove the rest of your thyroid. 

They may or may not do radioiodine treatment. Given how small the nodules appear to be, they may not. Even if they do, that's really just swallowing a capsule. It's annoying because you are radioactive after it, so there are restrictions on being around people, but it doesn't hurt or make you sick or anything. It's just like swallowing a vitamin tablet.

I would guess they probably wouldn't have taken lymph nodes, given that they didn't even take the full thyroid.

Your situation seems rather different to mine, but the generalities are the same. 

Thanks for your comments MargaretMary. I have had all my thyroid removed good to know the RAI treatment isn't too onerous if I need it.