In article .com,
"tofuqueen" wrote:

Hey....you're smart :-) You picked right up on that one! I do have
thyroid cancer and I need an radioactive iodine treatment. Your body
needs to have as little iodine in it as possible before the treatment
so that the treatment is absorbed by the tissue that's left from the
thyroid that was just removed a month ago. Maybe I'll discuss it in
that group...and thanks :-)

Be sure when you go on thyroid replacement medication to ask your doctor
about Thyrolar instead of the more common Synthroid.

It's worked a lot better for me and many people I know. :-)
I did not have cancer, just Hypothyroidism but we've had trouble
establishing the right levels...

Cheers and good luck!
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
In article .com,
"tofuqueen" wrote:

Hey....you're smart :-) You picked right up on that one! I do have
thyroid cancer and I need an radioactive iodine treatment. Your body
needs to have as little iodine in it as possible before the treatment
so that the treatment is absorbed by the tissue that's left from the
thyroid that was just removed a month ago. Maybe I'll discuss it in
that group...and thanks :-)

Be sure when you go on thyroid replacement medication to ask your doctor
about Thyrolar instead of the more common Synthroid.

Actually I've been taking Levoxyl, until a few days ago when I had to
stop to put my body into a hypothyroid state. Once this whole
nightmare is over (mid April), then begins the task of finding the
right amount of artificial hormone that will keep me on the higher side
of hyperthyroid, to keep the tumors away.

It's worked a lot better for me and many people I know. :-)
I did not have cancer, just Hypothyroidism but we've had trouble
establishing the right levels...

I hear that this can be quite the nightmare. Until two months ago, I
never knew what a thyroid even did. Unfortunately, I've had to learn
way more info than I cared to learn. Including things like dairy
products having iodine due to machines that are cleaned with iodine. I
wonder if they ever ask questions like this on Jeopardy or that million
dollar show :-)

Cheers and good luck!

Thank you very much :-)
--
Peace, Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson