I get recurrent diffuse toxic goiter. Should I go for complete removal of thyroid gland?

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There are three ways to treat hyperthyroidism as what you are having. First is with medication and you are already taking that. Usually, it is given for 18 months but 50 % of people will have recurrence once they stop medications so the choice is to either continue the medication for life long or go to the other modality which is either thyroid surgery or radioiodine therapy. Now you are advised to have thyroid surgery which has two main complications one is complications during surgery including bleeding, infection, and losing voice due to recurrent laryngeal nerve damage and you will need thyroid hormone for the rest of your life for hypothyroidism. About radioiodine, it is one of the best treatments nowadays available right now. It has a very low chance of malignancy which may be negligible. It can cause hypothyroidism as well but it is over years. If your goiter is causing problem like you do not like its appearance or it makes difficult for you to breath which it can cause once it enlarges and obstructs the air pipe. So if that is the case you can go for surgery.