<s>[INST] What type of doctor do I need to see on a regular schedule after half of your thyroid has been removed then one week later found out it contained Papillary cancer stage one?  Do I need to start seeing a endocrinologist or my family doctor for routine checking levels of calcium and hormones?I dont know if the thyroid remaining has cancer or not.  The general surgeon is going to do several T tests in a couple of months.  The one lobe removed had a nodule, but the nodule did not have cancer even thou the lobe did. [/INST] Hi, Thanks for using Chat Doctor. Since you got your half of the thyroid removed, check for any nodules / abnormality in other lobe with thyroid scan and all the required tests as advised by your surgeon. If they are normal then I advise you to consult your family doctor for routine check up and get done USG thyroid, TSH and calcium levels on regular basis. If you find out any abnormality then you need to consult your General Surgeon for management. Hope I answered your question. Feel free to ask me if you have any further queries. Wish you good health. Take care. Regards </s>