Thyroid surgery

FormerMember
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Hi my name is phil I'm a retired nypd sergeant i spent many days at ground zero at the wtc unfortunately there is a high risk of cancer in march i had a nodule on my left side biopsied came back benign had 2 other nodules on right lobe but was not suspicious and were small i went for a follow up in Sept and had a ultrasound revealed the nodule on the right went from 9mm to 1.7 cm and was tirad 5 with calcifications and taller then wider i had a biopsy done through thyroseq which revealed positive results  low level tert mutation my dr recommended partial thyroidectomy which im having on nov 13th and depending on results a full thyroidectomy