While this surgery is an impressive wave of the future, Id hardly describe my scar as ugly. And Ive never considered someone inquiring about it as nosey. In fact, it once prompted a discussion of anatomy after a young student asked me in front of a class why my neck was cut. Also, I know TT patients whove said an inquiry prompted the inquirer to pursue a suspicious neck.

BTW As a TT and at the same time parathyroid surgery patient my first concern was cancer, then healing, then future wellness, and so on.

Even in open procedures, I carefully plan my incision to be in a natural skin line, try to minimize its length, and carefully close it. In most cases these incisions heal very well and frequently, with time, are difficult to see.

Lucky for me, post-surgery pathology showed my multi-nodular goiter turned out to be pre-cancer and not cancer; so was the parathyroid tumor. But the worry was there.

Anyway, I do wish more (apparently authentic) doctors would share items about thyroid disease and surgery on the internet. As it is right now things seem to be dominated by a bunch of vermin.

Like any topic on the Internet, there is good and bad information out there. Sometimes, it can be difficult to distinguish between them.