What to talk to your doctor about after having thyroid cancer

  1.What type of thyroid cancer do I have? What is the exact stage?  2.What is the survival period of 10 years/20 years for a tumor like mine?  3.How do you design the surgical incision? I may be scarred, what are your special considerations in incision design and suturing?  4. Is it a total or partial bilateral thyroidectomy? Why should I choose total excision? Why should I choose partial excision?  5.Do you want to perform lymph node dissection? Which areas will be covered?  6.How many of my parathyroid glands are you going to keep? What is the probability of postoperative hypocalcemia?  7.Does the tumor invade the recurrent laryngeal nerve and is there a high possibility of hoarseness after surgery?  8.Do I need iodine 131 radiotherapy?  9.Does it need external radiotherapy?  10.Does it need postoperative chemotherapy?  11.What are the possible side effects of surgical treatment?  12.How long is the total hospital stay? What is the overall cost of the surgery?  13.How long will it take for me to eat normally after this surgery? What is the special care?  14.Do I have to adjust my living and working habits in the future? How can I adjust them?  15.What else should I do before the treatment?  16.How will I be followed up and what items will be checked in the review?  17.Does the disease run in families? Will it have any effect on my offspring?

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