Answer to rtanner

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Hi Ruth,

Nice to hear from you. I was thinking of you yesterday when I was talking

with a woman who had RAI 20 years ago and been on replacement hormone since

then. Recently she discovered and began taking supplements which have enabled

her to stop taking the hormone for the last three weeks. She is going to

write me her full story and I will pass it on for all to oread, but the

important thing is that our thyroid glands are incredible resistant to

destruction and are ready to produce hormone whenever we supply the raw

materials.

I would suggest that you find a complete multi-mineral supplement and

supplement that wih 10-20 tablets of kelp a day (start slowly since this alone

might get your thyroid going and you might start to feel hot and trembling)

and zinc (at least 50 mg). There is absolutely no danger of causing problems

by taking minerals and a very great danger in not taking them. The worst

thing that could happen is also the best thing that could happen: that your

thyroid will start producing more hormone and you'll feel hyper. Just slowly

reduce the amount of replacement hormone until you get balanced again. With

very good luck, you might not need any hormone at all. Just proceed slowly.

You should tell your story to the group--the part about getting intimidated

by your doctor into the RAI is a very valuable lesson that everyone should

study. Keeping our health under our control instead of under a doctor's

control is very important. We all get into scary health situations and we

need to stay relaxed and not let a doctor scared us into some medical

malpractice (most of medicine is malpractice).

Hope to hear from you soon!

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