* HI, HELP... I'm getting discouraged!

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Hi Y'All,

Upfront and honest: I am a registered nurse, have the added advantage of a

medical background to grasp much of all this, am exceedingly resourceful, and

have further, been studying related literature and holistic health for umpteen

years!

I have been studying the literature on iodine, and even just last night came

across information which has eluded me (and the vast public at large) for years

on end; further revealing (for the first time with confirmation) that MUCH of

what I have had to endure

from my acute hypothyroidism ALL of these years, a lifetime in fact (inclusive

of two surgeries which COULD have been avoided - had I known this stuff YEARS

AGO), could all have been avoided with the proper intake of something as simple

as iodine! UNBELIEVABLE!

That being said, I WANT to start on the iodine protocol ASAP. I am

awaiting Dr. Brownstein's book, but upon closer examination, am finally finding

MORE information here via this group, than previously

realized or tapped.

So now I read the below about the important of iodine loading testing first!

Lord have mercy. Plus, all this stuff costs $$$!

So, to do this right, I first need to find out where and how to order this test

- right. Then order it and pay for it. Then get it done.

Then get the results. Then order the Iodoral. Then start on it. Then study

MORE about the salt protocol and how best to minimize the detox symptoms and

clear the pathways.

THIS is a full time job and I am OUT of money after losing my health for the

past two years from the Armour fiasco! Not switching to NT till after 1.5 years

when I finally put the pieces together. And now finally on ERFA Thyroid as of

four weeks ago (thankfully beginning to do better - but not 100%).

I'm not trying to be negative, but have many of you out there pre-empted the

iodine loading test? Do you need a doctor's order for one, or to interpret the

results. Sure, I can find the answer to this too, no doubt, but where, and then

THAT = even more time!

ANY valuable guidance or encouragement would be greatly appreciated!

My money's gone, I have to move, look for a P.T. job, HOPE that I have

the energy to even work P.T., and somehow do all of this while I deal

with countless other things... all at the age of 57.

THANK YOU! T.H.

If a patient has a normal or high Loading Test score in the

presence of known iodine deficiency condition such as breast or thyroid disease,

a defect in the

Sodium Iodide Symporter (NIS) mechanism is suspected. The iodine taken during

the loading

test may pass into the urine unabsorbed giving a false normal reading. Follow

your physician's

iodine dosing carefully to see how the iodine test result changes.