You may have to take the medicine for a year or more. You may be treated with radiation. If the disease comes back and you need more radiation, there is a chance you may start making too little thyroid hormone. This problem can then be treated with medicine. All or part of the thyroid gland can be taken out by surgery.
Surgery cures the disease almost all of the time.
You may have too little thyroid hormone after the surgery. You will then most likely need to take thyroid hormone the rest of your life. Make sure you follow your health care provider's advice. Do not stop taking your medicine or change the way you are taking it without talking to your health care provider first. Developed by McKessonHBOC Clinical Reference Systems.