I have been doing allot of reading up on the
thyroid. My daughters Dr wants to remove her whole
thyroid. When she saw this surgeon he was saying that its very necessary to make sure that she gets plenty of calcium following surgery because its common that once the thyroid is removed that your body does not produce enough calcium. This is where the cofusion comes in, I read about the Parathyroid Gland last night. The following is what I read.