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Good Morning to Everyone,

Thank you for having me here, my name is Tamara and my current doctor who is

treating me for Hypothyroidism and Nodules would like to try Iodine therapy. I

am 45 years old, and have 5 children, married. I was left Hypo for at least 20

years before being diagnosed with nodules when my throat began to swell. Despite

my insistence on being tested over the years due to symptoms, I was always told

I was fine. When I became " street smart " and ready Shomon's book, I

insisted on my labs going back years. Mt TSH was always anywhere from 4.5-6. I

had just learned about FT3 & FT4. Those, needless to say, were not on the tests.

I am now on 1 1/2 grains of ERFA thyroid, and pretty much stable except for a

slight raise in TSH this Winter, and a low ferritin level of 27 (Labcorp). I do

not have Hashi's. I do have labs should you want to take a look at those. I also

have PCOS without pain or cysts flaring, but do have the weight gain and

metabolic syndrome. I have finally put those symptoms to right after using a

supplement called " D-Chiro Balance " , which brought my A1C and cholesterol into

good range, along with a whole foods diet. I am overweight, and can't seem to

lose well at all. I had a heart valve repair for a bi-cuspid valve in 2001, and

with a donor valve, I don't have to take any meds for that, no Coumadin.

I have to be honest and say I did try supplementation about two years ago. A

similar ND put me on Iodoral, 12.5 mg., and told me nothing about a supplement

protocol to help with de-tox. To make a long story short, I almost ended up in

the ER after about 5 days on that low a dose. My thyroid swelled so badly, I

couldn't swallow well. My blood pressure, pulse, heartbeat, all of it went

haywire. The doc immediately took me off of it, and a couple of days later, I

was better, but terrified of Iodine.

So, back to today. The doc I'm seeing now wants to start off using Standard

Process Iodine. I have done my homework and read through your site here and the

website. I now understand this is not appropriate for de-toxing and to really

help at all. Thank goodness I only bought thirty days of it. However, I am toxin

laden...to have that bad of a detox-reaction, I know I am.

I am going to be patient and follow the recommendations and get my ducks in

order to begin, but need some instruction on how to do so, without putting

myself what I went through earlier. I am now in Nursing school, and can manage

to get myself to class during the day de-toxing for three hours, but emergency

room or bad problems? I'd be in trouble here, because I live in the mountains

and my doc who prescribed the Iodine is two hours away.

So, what would be your recommendation on how to start, and do this gently? I'm

not expecting results overnight, I know that de-toxing is going to take me

literally years. It took me 45 years to get into this mess, it will take me

years to get out of it. I have a very strong family history of stomach cancers

and my Mother died of colon cancer. I'm determined to do everything in my power

to not let that happen to me!

Blessings,

Tamara