After having thyroid cancer, should I get breast implants before or after my 1 year scan that puts me completely in the clear?

Thanks for your inquiry and so glad to hear your labs are normal!  Your question does not have a simple answer and some decisions are not based on science or math or engineering.  It is already mid July, it can take you a couple of months to do your consultations and book surgery making it September before you know it. I am excited for you to reward yourself and be at peace with whatever you decide.

If your thyroid is functioning normally and your endocrinologist will clear you for breast implant surgery before October 18, you may want to go ahead and reward yourself for prevailing through a tough year.  Otherwise, you may want to spend the time between now and the one year scan in finding the board certified PS you are most comfortable with, come to closure with him/her on your end goals, and prepare to have the surgery the day after the "cancer free" diagnosis.

I’m with you!  Why not get breast implants?  They will have no effect on the thyroid.  I understand the endocrinologist can’t guarantee you out of the woods as far as the thyroid cancer is concerned.  That is an entirely different matter. It would be nice to have the endocrinologist’s blessing but he or she doesn’t understand how important this is to you.  You should ask the endocrinologist if there is any really good reason not to have breast implants.