Re: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

July 26, 2011

Welcome - I am Buist, ND the owner of this group. I was dx'd with papillary thyroid cancer in 2000 and had the typical slash and radiate. But I did the radiation 3x and it failed each time. I finally healed through detoxification, iodine and nutrition / hormone balancing. I met someone from this group that healed w/o having surgery and using the iodine protocol. One of our moderators Kathleen has healed using Gerson which has iodine as part of its treatment. My full story can be found at www.naturalthyroidchoices.com and you can see what I did. Also use the new member document. One person I knew had a recurrence and her doctor was friends with Dr Abraham. He put her on 200 mgs of Iodoral a day plus the Vit C, ATP CoFactors and a few other things. Her cancer was leaving her lymph nodes but she got freaked out and decided to do the surgical removal of the lymph nodes before seeing if it was totally resolved. I would have loved to see that one resolve fully.

I am working on a book about thyroid cancer. Unfortunately it is slow going with my children home for the summer. I am in the process of organizing 4 years of research into folders by topic. It is taking a very long time.

Buist, ND HC

New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi all!I'm 41 & was recently diagnosed with a probable stage 1 papillary carcinoma in a .7cm nodule on my thyroid. Of course, typical treatment - slash & burn baby - isn't sitting well with me. I'm torn as I have 3 young children and don't want to jeopardize spread by waiting too long, but would much rather keep my thyroid.Can anyone share their experience with this? I was diagnosed July 5th and my head has been spinning ever since with the daunting amount of info out there!Blessings,

July 26, 2011

Hi everyone,I have lipomas (fatty lumps under the skin). Is this connected at all to iodine deficiency? Has anyone had them shrink or disappear while taking iodine? I think this is probably wishful thinking because I don't like them very much and it would be great if iodine did take them away. I have a couple of breast cysts that I am hopeful iodine will shrink or disappear complete though.FionaFrom: ladybugsandbees

<ladybugsandbees@...>iodine Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2011 8:49 AMSubject: Re: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Welcome - I am Buist, ND the owner of this group. I was dx'd with papillary thyroid cancer in 2000 and had the typical slash and radiate. But I did the radiation 3x and it failed each time. I finally healed through detoxification, iodine and nutrition / hormone balancing. I met someone from this group that healed w/o having surgery and using the iodine protocol. One of our moderators Kathleen has healed using Gerson which has iodine as part of its treatment. My full story can be found at www.naturalthyroidchoices.com and you can see what I did. Also use the new member document. One person I knew had a recurrence and her doctor was friends with Dr Abraham. He put her on 200 mgs of Iodoral a day plus the Vit C, ATP CoFactors and a few other things. Her cancer was leaving her lymph nodes but she got freaked out and decided to do the surgical removal of the lymph nodes before seeing if it was totally resolved. I would have loved to see that one resolve fully.

I am working on a book about thyroid cancer. Unfortunately it is slow going with my children home for the summer. I am in the process of organizing 4 years of research into folders by topic. It is taking a very long time.

Buist, ND HC

New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi all!I'm 41 & was recently diagnosed with a probable stage 1 papillary carcinoma in a .7cm nodule on my thyroid. Of course, typical treatment - slash & burn baby - isn't sitting well with me. I'm torn as I have 3 young children and don't want to jeopardize spread by waiting too long, but would much rather keep my thyroid.Can anyone share their experience with this? I was diagnosed July 5th and my head has been spinning ever since with the daunting amount of info out there!Blessings,

July 27, 2011

Hi - I was diagnosed in Dec 09 with papillary cancer too and decided that I wanted to strengthen my body first before I agreed with them taking my thyroid out. In any case, I know that if I ever decide to have the op, I won't be having the RAI follow up. I have made dietary changes, follow the iodine protocol and also take a number of other supplements. Although it hasn't gone, it hasn't grown either, so I feel it is contained at the moment.

There are many who wish they hadn't had their thyroid out, but I'm not sure they were faced with cancer when they did have it out. It's a difficult situation to be living with day to day, that's for sure.

The good thing is that papillary cancer is slow growing and if you address the other issues - stress, diet, supplements etc., then you have a bit of time to think.

From: livingcrunchy <stephy@...>iodine Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 19:41Subject: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi all!I'm 41 & was recently diagnosed with a probable stage 1 papillary carcinoma in a .7cm nodule on my thyroid. Of course, typical treatment - slash & burn baby - isn't sitting well with me. I'm torn as I have 3 young children and don't want to jeopardize spread by waiting too long, but would much rather keep my thyroid.Can anyone share their experience with this? I was diagnosed July 5th and my head has been spinning ever since with the daunting amount of info out there!Blessings,

July 28, 2011

Hi ,

Thanks so much for your response. Wow - nothing has changed and it's been 1 1/2 yrs since your diagnosis? I want so much to have time to heal, but the fear seems stronger for me with little ones at home not to wait TOO long b/c it is cancer. We had "just" started the GAPS diet for healing before the cancer diagnosis so I haven't really had a chance to see anything change from diet. Quit the levo b/c I thought I was going to do surgery and then started researching more. Still off meds, so feeling kinda blah but don't want to start yet. It baffles me that they have no way to tell you more specifics about whether it's encapsulated or in your lymph nodes, etc. I've had nothing but an ultrasound to find the nodules and an FNA to biopsy. With these two things alone it's automatically "take it out" - so frustrating!

I admire your courage to heal first. I pray that I can find more than I have now, b/c I'm just flat out scared!

Blessings,

From: iodine [mailto:iodine ] On Behalf Of KuziwSent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:00 AMiodine Subject: Re: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi - I was diagnosed in Dec 09 with papillary cancer too and decided that I wanted to strengthen my body first before I agreed with them taking my thyroid out. In any case, I know that if I ever decide to have the op, I won't be having the RAI follow up. I have made dietary changes, follow the iodine protocol and also take a number of other supplements. Although it hasn't gone, it hasn't grown either, so I feel it is contained at the moment.

There are many who wish they hadn't had their thyroid out, but I'm not sure they were faced with cancer when they did have it out. It's a difficult situation to be living with day to day, that's for sure.

The good thing is that papillary cancer is slow growing and if you address the other issues - stress, diet, supplements etc., then you have a bit of time to think.

From: livingcrunchy <stephy@...>iodine Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 19:41Subject: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi all!I'm 41 & was recently diagnosed with a probable stage 1 papillary carcinoma in a .7cm nodule on my thyroid. Of course, typical treatment - slash & burn baby - isn't sitting well with me. I'm torn as I have 3 young children and don't want to jeopardize spread by waiting too long, but would much rather keep my thyroid.Can anyone share their experience with this? I was diagnosed July 5th and my head has been spinning ever since with the daunting amount of info out there!Blessings,

July 29, 2011

The word "cancer" is scary by itself, but the docs enhance that fear by rushing you along, & making it sound like minutes count.The fact is that cancer is a process, & one that often takes many years to develop. By the time it is diagnosed, you generally have some time to sort yourself out, & try to work through your panic.At the risk of making you more frightened, a lot of the people who accept all the slash & burn treatments still die -- & sometimes they suffer MORE than the people who were not so obedient. The treatments can be pretty awful. (Some people die cancer-free from the chemotherapy!) I imagine if you look around you, or talk to people, you will hear a lot of stories. I remember I was skimming through the obituaries one time, & came across one for a woman who had had cancer for several years before her death. Whoever wrote the obituary listed the horrendous number of chemotherapy rounds she went through -- valiantly, of course. (None of those obituaries ever says "miserably.") Everybody wants to live -- & especially mothers of young children -- but the quality of that life bears some consideration, & the long-term result of the path you choose.The docs act like they cure everybody. You know they don't. And there are serious downsides to slash & burn. "Recovered" cancer patients are prone to more cancers down the road, caused by their treatment, for example. There is the famous "chemo brain" -- patients often suffer severe mental impairment for years after chemotherapy...Nobody can tell you what to do. And nobody can really know which is the best route for you to go. In the end, you have to do what makes you feel safest. Some people really do feel safer letting doctors tell them what to do, even if the treatments are pretty awful. Some of us feel safer trying to clean up our diets, take supplements, improve our general health, & trust our bodies to heal.But the first thing you need to do is scrutinize the rhetoric. Anybody who tells you that you have to do what he says RIGHT NOW or DIE is full of crap.Anybody who tells you that removing the organ will "cure" your cancer is full of crap. 's cancer recurred after they destroyed her thyroid. Many men have died of prostate cancer after their prostates were removed. My ex-wife-in-law died of cancer; at one point, after grueling treatment, she was declared cancer-free -- & then the cancer roared back. If you haven't addressed the underlying cause of the cancer, it comes back (or you get a different one.) Our feeling here is that if you work on being healthy, your body can take often care of the cancer on its own. And if you decide to opt for surgery, it can hardly hurt you to have built up your strength first.The biggest challenge is not to let other people (including us) bully you. Everybody will advise you to do what they think is best, but you are the one who will bear the consequences. Don't help THEM feel safe; help yourself feel safe.AnneOn Jul 28, 2011, at 2:47 PM, wrote:

Hi ,

Thanks so much for your response. Wow - nothing has changed and it's been 1 1/2 yrs since your diagnosis? I want so much to have time to heal, but the fear seems stronger for me with little ones at home not to wait TOO long b/c it is cancer. We had "just" started the GAPS diet for healing before the cancer diagnosis so I haven't really had a chance to see anything change from diet. Quit the levo b/c I thought I was going to do surgery and then started researching more. Still off meds, so feeling kinda blah but don't want to start yet. It baffles me that they have no way to tell you more specifics about whether it's encapsulated or in your lymph nodes, etc. I've had nothing but an ultrasound to find the nodules and an FNA to biopsy. With these two things alone it's automatically "take it out" - so frustrating!

I admire your courage to heal first. I pray that I can find more than I have now, b/c I'm just flat out scared!

Blessings,

From: iodine [mailto:iodine ] On Behalf Of KuziwSent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 8:00 AMiodine Subject: Re: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi - I was diagnosed in Dec 09 with papillary cancer too and decided that I wanted to strengthen my body first before I agreed with them taking my thyroid out. In any case, I know that if I ever decide to have the op, I won't be having the RAI follow up. I have made dietary changes, follow the iodine protocol and also take a number of other supplements. Although it hasn't gone, it hasn't grown either, so I feel it is contained at the moment.

There are many who wish they hadn't had their thyroid out, but I'm not sure they were faced with cancer when they did have it out. It's a difficult situation to be living with day to day, that's for sure.

The good thing is that papillary cancer is slow growing and if you address the other issues - stress, diet, supplements etc., then you have a bit of time to think.

From: livingcrunchy <stephy@...>iodine Sent: Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 19:41Subject: New! Has anyone healed their thyroid cancer with iodine?

Hi all!I'm 41 & was recently diagnosed with a probable stage 1 papillary carcinoma in a .7cm nodule on my thyroid. Of course, typical treatment - slash & burn baby - isn't sitting well with me. I'm torn as I have 3 young children and don't want to jeopardize spread by waiting too long, but would much rather keep my thyroid.Can anyone share their experience with this? I was diagnosed July 5th and my head has been spinning ever since with the daunting amount of info out there!Blessings,

July 29, 2011

I strongly recommend that you start the iodine protocol regardless of what

else you do. It will strengthen you for whatever lies ahead.

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At 01:03 AM 7/29/2011, you wrote:

>The word " cancer " is scary by itself, but the docs enhance that fear by

>rushing you along, & making it sound like minutes count.

>

>The fact is that cancer is a process, & one that often takes many years to

>develop. By the time it is diagnosed, you generally have some time to sort

>yourself out, & try to work through your panic.

>

>At the risk of making you more frightened, a lot of the people who accept

>all the slash & burn treatments still die -- & sometimes they suffer MORE

>than the people who were not so obedient. The treatments can be pretty

>awful. (Some people die cancer-free from the chemotherapy!) I imagine if

>you look around you, or talk to people, you will hear a lot of stories. I

>remember I was skimming through the obituaries one time, & came across one

>for a woman who had had cancer for several years before her death. Whoever

>wrote the obituary listed the horrendous number of chemotherapy rounds she

>went through -- valiantly, of course. (None of those obituaries ever says

> " miserably. " ) Everybody wants to live -- & especially mothers of young

>children -- but the quality of that life bears some consideration, & the

>long-term result of the path you choose.

>

>The docs act like they cure everybody. You know they don't. And there are

>serious downsides to slash & burn. " Recovered " cancer patients are prone

>to more cancers down the road, caused by their treatment, for example.

>There is the famous " chemo brain " -- patients often suffer severe mental

>impairment for years after chemotherapy...

>

>Nobody can tell you what to do. And nobody can really know which is the

>best route for you to go. In the end, you have to do what makes you feel

>safest. Some people really do feel safer letting doctors tell them what to

>do, even if the treatments are pretty awful. Some of us feel safer trying

>to clean up our diets, take supplements, improve our general health, &

>trust our bodies to heal.

>

>But the first thing you need to do is scrutinize the rhetoric. Anybody who

>tells you that you have to do what he says RIGHT NOW or DIE is full of crap.

>

>Anybody who tells you that removing the organ will " cure " your cancer is

>full of crap. 's cancer recurred after they destroyed her

>thyroid. Many men have died of prostate cancer after their prostates were

>removed. My ex-wife-in-law died of cancer; at one point, after grueling

>treatment, she was declared cancer-free -- & then the cancer roared back.

>If you haven't addressed the underlying cause of the cancer, it comes back

>(or you get a different one.) Our feeling here is that if you work on

>being healthy, your body can take often care of the cancer on its own. And

>if you decide to opt for surgery, it can hardly hurt you to have built up

>your strength first.

>

>The biggest challenge is not to let other people (including us) bully you.

>Everybody will advise you to do what they t

>

>Hi ,

>

>Thanks so much for your response. Wow - nothing has changed and it's been

>1 1/2 yrs since your diagnosis? I want so much to have time to heal, but

>the fear seems stronger for me with little ones at home not to wait TOO

>long b/c it is cancer. We had " just " started the GAPS diet for healing

>before the cancer diagnosis so I haven't really had a chance to see

>anything change from diet. Quit the levo b/c I thought I was going to do

>surgery and then started researching more. Still off meds, so feeling

>kinda blah but don't want to start yet. It baffles me that they have no

>way to tell you more specifics about whether it's encapsulated or in your

>lymph nodes, etc. I've had nothing but an ultrasound to find the nodules

>and an FNA to biopsy. With these two things alone it's automatically

> " take it out " - so frustrating!

>

>I admire your courage to heal first. I pray that I can find more than I

>have now, b/c I'm just flat out scared!

>

>Blessings,

>

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