Sam -- Wishing you a speedy recovery. The worry about the anticipated surgery is worse than the surgery itself. Now, it is smooth sailing!! The medical community is armed with so much information about nodular thyroids today. When I had one-half of my thyroid removed in 1969 at age 23 after the birth of my son, the medical community seemed to know nothing about multi-nodular thyroid which was my condition. After the wound is healed well, you will have to look very hard to even see a scar.
Dee
2009 2509C