Is it always so complicated?

[Guest guest]

I'm a new member to this list (several weeks) and have read the

reference materials as instructed. Although, I must admit, it was very

difficult for me to read much of the information in the files because of

the 'decorative' text it was printed in...

My question, as a 'newbie' is: does using iodine as a supplement to

improve health and minimize the risks of breast cancer (I was diagnosed

on July 13, 2011 and had my mastectomy on Aug. 10) and/or it's

recurrence always have to be so difficult? From reading this list for

the past few weeks it seems so difficult to use this supplement! One

has to take a half dozen 'companion supplements' as well as perform

regular 'detox' in order to tolerate the treatment? I started off so

excited to learn that there is something natural that I could do to

improve my health, as opposed to chemo or radiation, but the more I

read, the more it sounds like the protocol is difficult at best, if not

dangerous to utilize.

Maybe I was looking for an 'easy way out' but I don't think that I want

to have to focus my whole life around one particular supplement. Is

iodine useless or harmful if just taken as a direct supplement ~ ie

50mg/day? How do those of you who use the iodine protocol go about

getting frequent blood tests? Is this something I could just ask my

general practitioner to order? Would they know what to test for and how

to interpret the results?

Perhaps this is too confusing to be useful for me...

:-(