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SHRED

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2. thanks for replying
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 08:45 PM
Jan 2012

Fortunately most indicators point to this being a benign cyst.

My plan now is for another biopsy and if that is inconclusive then possibly to opt for ultrasound-ing it every year and keep an eye on it for changes.

If I do indeed get my thyroid taken out then I will most likely steer clear of Synthroid and opt for Desiccated Thyroid instead as my wife does.
Synthroid gives many people problems and it is what is almost exclusively pushed by Doctors in the USA. "Armour Thyroid" use to be a decent desiccated thyroid in the USA until the filler agent was changed and assimilation then suffered.

Here is a link to a good desiccated thyroid that is made in Canada:
http://thyroid.erfa.net/

Advocacy group:
http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/


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There are far worse things to lose than a thyroid Warpy Jan 2012 #1
thanks for replying SHRED Jan 2012 #2
Please don't let the docs remove your thyroid... jxnmsdemguy65 May 2012 #3
GOOD NEWS SHRED May 2012 #4
Great! cate94 May 2012 #5
I suggest... SHRED May 2012 #7
Thanks! cate94 May 2012 #8
Wonderful news Irishonly May 2012 #6
How can you make such a generalized statement. I have a cousin whose thyroid was removed thirty still_one Jan 2013 #10
Spam deleted by azurnoir (MIR Team) kaney2021 Jan 2013 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author mlauer59295 Jan 2013 #11
I take Armour Thyroid tonekat Nov 2013 #12
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