My wife was diagnosed with a papillary carcinoma of the thyroid late febuary, no family history. In july she had a total thyroidectomy to be rid of the cancer and has since recovered but for the rest of her life she will be dependant on a synthetic thryoid medication. She just started the med board process, has anyone else gone through this and what all were you rated for? Also if you have a condition that makes you gain weight can you request to have surgery to have it removed?