Iodine-literate practitioner told me to have the thyroidectomy

December 2, 2011

The iodine-literate naturopathic MD that is closest to me (Dr. Lee, an hour

away, in Leesburg VA - He is on the list of iodine-literate practitioners) told

me in an email that if I have cells suspicious for papillary thyroid carcinoma,

then I need to have the thyroidectomy because " getting out the tumor load is

important " . Any comments? I have read Drs. Flechas, Brownstein, Abraham, Dach,

Derry, etc., but I haven't found ANY reports of thyroid cancer being cured or

reversed in anyone by taking iodine. Breast cancer yes, thyroid cancer no. Has

anyone actually had regression of his/her thyroid cancer using iodine without

surgery? I have an appointment scheduled with Dr. Lee on Dec 16.

December 2, 2011

I was also scared into thinking I had papillary thyroid cancer and almost had

surgery. Fortunately, I got pneumonia and had to postpone my surgery. While I

was recovering I discovered that the Cleveland Clinic recommends NOT to have

surgery if your cancer (if it is cancer at all) has not spread to any nodes. I

got sick after spending two hours in the hospital having node biopsies

taken--they were negative. In spite of this the surgeon was anxious to remove my

thyroid, even though she admitted to me that they could not definitively

diagnose cancer unless they first removed the thyroid and then sectioned it

histologically (I used to be an histologist).

I fired my endocrinologist as I wasn't interested in paying her $30 to

argue with her.

I started taking Iodine and worked up to 50mg a day, with supporting

supplements. Since that time my goiter (nodule) has become much smaller.

Granted, there might still be something there, and I will follow it and have

another ultrasound in 6 months or so. All my biopsies " suggested " papillary

thyroid cancer. I prefer to take charge of my health and eat properly (recently

discovered I was sensitive to gluten) and try to find the cause of my autoimmune

problems, rather than just ripping out my thyroid. From what I have read on the

" Thyroidless " group, they have just as many or more problems after removing the

thyroid.

From what I know about hospitals and the current state of medicine, I feel

it is much more risky for me to have surgery, especially at my age (71). There

aren't a lot of people who die from papillary thyroid cancer. They usually die

of something else.

Doctors often lie and are not up-to-date. They do only what they have been

trained to do and are afraid of being sued if they miss a case of cancer. I

think only 5% of such cases are actually cancer. Most are benign. Also, the

medical establishment gets after them if they get out of line and don't follow

recommended procedures.

It was also recommended that I get RAI after surgery. I researched that

enough to know that what they were telling me was a pack of lies. They were

withholding more information than they gave me. Never RAI! Hold fast and take

charge of your health. Even IF it might be cancer, it is a very slow-growing

type.

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> The iodine-literate naturopathic MD that is closest to me (Dr. Lee, an hour