You're writing about "options", but who came up with these? The surgeon? The endo? Or you?

Because at this point, I think you just have to listen to what a couple of doctors say, and give it over to them. Without removing one nodule as a "biopsy", you don't yet know what you have, right? One step at a time.

Unless I've mis-read this thread and missed something. And radio-active treatment of the thyroid is very old, tried and trued, and not particularly dangerous. Let's hear what the docs say.

Unless, as I said, I missed that. Then please send the link.