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Weird taste
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I had my RAI ablation about 2 1/2 weeks ago. They told me that I had some residual in the salvatory gland but that is getting better. Now for about a week I hav...
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Anyone taking T3 and T4?
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Does anyone take T3 as well as T4? I have been reading info written by an endo that recommends a small dose of T3 that he has found helps his hypothyroid pts. t...
207/07/07 Message Rating
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cherries
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Hi, Natural cherries are OK to eat right??  Joy
207/07/07 Message Rating
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afraid to go hypo
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 I had TT on 6-4 for papillary & follicular. back to endo next week before LID and RAI. I am currently taking cytomel @ 50 mcg BID, is this a high...
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Yummy LID snack recipe!
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Buy a big bag of puffed wheat, corn, kamut, etc. that has no salt added (I found it in the grocery store).  Measure 3-4 c. of the cereal into a big mixing ...
107/06/07 Message Rating
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pasta
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Hi, Could anyone recommend a pasta that we could eat?  I was told no yolk pasta. Under the ingredients it does not list salt,but above the ingredients says...
307/06/07 Message Rating
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Any suggestions for vitamins/s...
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Hi.  I'm 4 days into my LID.  Does anybody know of any vitamin supplements that are recommended while you're hypo?  Is there anything out...
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Surgery scheduled and worried
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Hi! I have been diagnosed with thryoid cancer and am going into surgery on the 18th of july to have the entire thryoid removed. I am really frightened of the dr...
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Migraines/headaches/Blurred vi...
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Hi, I am new here. 40 year old mom of 5 & 7 year olds. Had TT Papillary Cancer Stage II in April.  I have been off Cytomel for 13 days and now in Hypo ...
307/04/07 Message Rating
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sugar and cancer
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Hi. This is my first time to post. I had thyroid cancer 5 yrs ago. They removed my thyroid. I had radiation iodine and was fine for 3 and a half yrs. My cancer ...
607/04/07 Message Rating
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getting ready for RAI
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hi.  this is my first time posting here.  in 3/06 i found out i had a 'suspicious' nodule in my thyroid.  however, i was 12 weeks pregnan...
307/03/07 Message Rating
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Fleischman's unsalted margarin...
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Hi,  I am on a LOD preparing for the body scan and RAI.  I read not to eat dairy products.  Today while at the Dr.'s office the nurse showed ...
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Going on LID immediately after...
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I would like to know if anyone has had a similar situation as what I am currently going through....I had surgery to remove the right and left lobe exactly 1 wee...
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Ulcers in mouth after RAI?
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Have many of you had problems with ulcers in your mouth and on tongue a few weeks after your iodine treatment?  Or even when you were hypo just before the ...
307/01/07 Message Rating
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Enlarged Lymphnodes after RAI
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I had a TT  with neck dissection on May 14, 2007.  I had 26 lymphnodes taken with only 10 that were cancerous.  Went "hypo" until June ...
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Insomnia while hypo?
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I am 4 weeks post TT and have been off cytomel for 2 weeks.  Going hypo has not been an easy expierience for me:  extreme fatigue, reflexes and m...
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Do you take Cytomel?
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I was wondering if anyone else experienced daily headaches while taking Cytomel?  I had my thyroids removed (2 surgeries) due to a large nodule and papilla...
606/26/07 Message Rating
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Possible recurrence?
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I had pap/follicular blend of tc, diagnosed and treated about 6 years ago.I  went to my endo 3 months ago and checked out ok on the physical examght side. ...
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Does your water taste sweet?
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I had TT and neck dissection on May 24th and have noticed that once in a while while drinking water it tastes sweet.  Does anyone else notice this?
006/25/07 Message Rating
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Low Iodine diet can include gr...
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Thanks to all who contribute to this board. I have been reading, but haven't posted before.  I am a 57 yr old male and had a TT 5/24 for papillary...
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TSH level questions
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I am post op 5 weeks, and on day 5 of the LID.  My TSH is at 92 so I am ready for my RAI treatment  but because I have not been on...
006/23/07 Message Rating
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CEA test
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How long should the CEA results take to get back? Does anyone know the normal ranges? I have been waiting 9 days......... Thanks, Oleander
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Just Questions
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I am new here and I would like to know how radioactive iodine treatments and diet help before the scan. I just had my thyroid removed cause of cancer. I fo...
606/21/07 Message Rating
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Just diagnosed Medullary Carci...
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Just diagnosed with MTC.  Calcitonin 5,300 and CEA 156.  Need radical neck dissection (both sides) because of lots of lymph node involvement. (Neck on...
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T3 before second RAI treatment
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I have pap. cancer. I have already had a TT and mod. neck dissection Aug 10 07,  to get the pesky nodes. I have also had one dose of RAI Nov 10th 07 and I ...
006/19/07 Message Rating
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