What should I do if I have a right lobe thyroid nodule with calcification?

  Patient: There are several questions I would like to ask: 1. Is it more likely to grow one than several malignant changes?  2.What preparations should be made before surgery? What are the requirements on the first day after surgery? Especially after anesthesia, what kind of discomfort will there be? 3.Do I have to take medication for a long time after surgery? Is it hormonal medicine?  1.Yes.  2.Regular preoperative preparation, after surgery, you can move freely, there is no special requirement, after anesthesia may be a little pain, but generally can tolerate.  3.If it is malignant, you need to take medication for life after surgery, but not for benign.  Patients: How many days after the operation to remove the stitches?  Generally, the sutures are placed inside the skin and removed in one week.  Patient: Does it affect eating on the day after surgery? Family members should be prepared. You can eat liquid food 6 hours after surgery. You can buy ice cream or soy milk near the hospital.  Patient: My family won’t let me eat chicken, can I eat it or not?  Western medicine does not care about avoiding food, but Chinese medicine has a lot of cautions, it depends on what you believe in.  Patient: Should I eat unadulterated salt after total thyroidectomy?  It is better to eat less iodine