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Mar 04, 2006 - 6:33 pm
i had a nodule in january, then had surgery in march 05, found out it was cancer than had I-131 treatment. at the age of 21, after spending a year and a half in iraq with the army. just great huh. I served my country and ended up with cancer. i have to go for treatment in april at the one year mark. is there any other food ideas for the low iodine diet, i had went to the thyroid website, but nothing good. in my opinion the treatment was worse than the surgery. Also my doctor said that instead of taking me off the medicine, he was going to give me hormone shots has anyone heard of this? |
Joined: Sep 2004
I'm not sure what thyroid website you checked out, but you may find links to other relevant sites on this webpage www.cancergen.com/thyroid
Joined: Mar 2004
I too have had the Thyrogen shots instead of being taken off my Synthroid. Twice. My side effects were considerably less than going "hypo". I was "hypo" for my R 131 and suffered greatly. Another thing is that even with my insurance the shots were very expensive.
But I could function better with my job and kids.
I am curious to see what others share.
Hang in there with the Low iodine diet-it is definately a challenge for me too. I live on bananas, avocados, peanut butter(unsalted though I add kosher salt) the muffins in Thyca's cookbook, unsalted matzo crackers and green tea
Good Luck to you. Jacqueline