Thyroid nodules

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thanks...she is so young and oblivious that the idea of making a teenager do gluten free is not a reality..maybe if i had started that at 2 but not at 18!! she is active and what i feed her is balanced but she is a teen and they do things i dont know about!! but at least we dont diet around here...we eat and know that weight issues are a result of crappy hashi's and not eating too much or too little!From:

<angelalee0511@...>iodine Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:12:46 PMSubject: Re: Thyroid nodules

It's possible. It's also possible other hormones are having an effect. If it were my daughter, I would get a 24 hour cortisol test from Canary or ZRT labs. I would also get a complete sex hormone panel to include progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, and SHBG. You should be able to get these from Canary or ZRT as well. You may have to get the SHBG by serum.

Has she had antibodies tested?

This is a great article on tissue resistance for thyroid. Maybe this will help some.

http://thyroid. about.com/ od/loseweightsuc cessfully/ a/weight- loss-diet. htm

You have to make certain she is getting plenty of calories and the right balance of protein, carbs, and fats. Thyroiders generally do better on moderate amounts of each. Higher protein, lower fat and lower carb diets are not good for thyroiders. If she isn't getting enough calories, her body will go into starvation mode. It will start hoarding the fat because it senses starvation. I would advise 5 smaller meals a day for weight loss. This is critical to keep the metabolism up.

The other things to look at would be food sensitivities. Gluten can be an issue and so can the caseine protein found in milk.

If she isn't following the 5-meal a day program and is still consuming gluten and dairy, I would first try that and cutting gluten and dairy. It's simple and cheap! If you don't see results, you might want to order the tests mentioned above just to see where she is.

I know how frustrating it is especially for young girls. My daughter is battling weight as well. But she refuses to cut out gluten even though she knows it's a problem. She is trying to eat healthier other than that, and she is exercising more. She wants instant gratification, and she's learning that is simply unrealistic.

I feel your pain! Keep me posted.

>> actually got her last results...FT3 was 5.0 (2.3-5.0) FT4 1.39 (0.93-1.60)> TSH 0.009 ...with these numbers you would think that her temps would be higher and she would loose some weight however her temp sits at 97.2....so does this mean she has a cortisol issue??> > > > >

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Amber,

You wrote:

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> ... what should I possibly be expecting when I go in to see this new doctor on

> Thursday? I'm pretty nervous about it..

Less than 1% of nodules in the thyroid are malignant. Of these, about

97% are curable, so the odds are strongly in your favor. Thyroid cancer

is one of the most survivable types.

However, you most likely have a " benign " goiter, which almost always can

be treated with medication alone. They will probably want to do a fine

needle aspiration of cells from the nodule, just in case, to see exactly

what it is, with occasional follow-up samplings to make sure it does not

change. Another preliminary option is an iodine uptake test to see how

active the nodule is.

Worst case, following these tests, your physician will recommend

thyroidectomy or I-131 thyroid ablation or both. Again, these are unlikely.

Chuck