Total Thyroidectomy 04/15/05

The next step in this journey was to have my diseased thyroid totally removed. But first I needed to recover from the open lung biopsy. The surgeon who performed the open lung biopsy said he had also performed total thyroidectomy surgeries in the past. I opted to use the same surgeon, so on 04/15/05 I was admitted once again to the hospital. The hospital stay for the open lung biopsy was 5 days compared to the thyroidectomy which was only 2 days. Both surgeries were a success, but left me a little sore, tired, and weak.

The pathology report came back ten days following the thyroidectomy. According to the report, I also had stage II Follicular Carcinoma, a second type of thyroid cancer.