Endo just replied back from my ultra sound.

I thought this was impossible. Isn't a nodule the same as a tumor? Is not detectable anymore, last 10 years it was 5x6mm, they check for cancer at 10mm any direction.

Timeline:

-Its now almost 3 years after a shotgun variety of lyme ABX lasting 14 months. Multiple candida Rx treatments.

-2 years after 95% gluten free (made one thyroid antibody go away).

-4 months after starting 100% gluten and all corn and corn chemical free.

This is still sinking in my brain. Repeat, to self, I am not dreaming this!

Well, it never shruk from taking various types of thyroid med for 20 years.

So three "good thyroid things" have happened in this order: One normalized antibody (other still evevated in Nov), nodule gone, and did not need to increase thy hormone med for first time in 2 years.

I just got his short version of the US report, which was: "thyroid is still small but previous nodual is now undetectable; this is good news".

All I know is autoimmune, noduls, tumors and cancer are just waiting for the prime oppoutunity to develop from many forms of possible of inflamation. Be it from pathogens or foods. I covered both.

The actual originonal US image report I usually have to ask for, which I will, I keep them all, it was $650.

Girlie said...
you must be thinking/wondering if perhaps it was caused by Lyme disease....?

Did your thyroid issues start around the same time as your other symptoms?

When you’ve had health issues that overlap back into adolescence, 40-45 years (mid 1970's gut and fatigue issues), it’s hard to say what triggered what. My Lyme bullseye was aprox 1990 onset with more fatigue + new symptoms. Hashimoto was confirmed about 1997.

I think the nodule and Hashimoto was from all of the above. Maybe I also had Lyme before the bullseye too, had many ticks as child playing the north woods. Will never know for sure what caused all this.

The fact that I also have double copies of certain autoimmune genes probably helped pave this ill path too.

Bumping this "evidence based" news. That's what conventional likes to call proof , or lack of LOL.

Lowering inflammation can save a life, certainly if modern health care does not or cannot intervene in the cancer development process.

Some of you have a thyroid nodule and just are not aware of it.

Most are benign. If one becomes Malignant, it is one of the most treatable cancers there are, but unfortunately comes at the loss of your thyroid requiring daily thyroid hormone replacement (Rx) for your remaining lifespan.

If you no longer have a thyroid gland and cannot afford/obtain thyroid med, your body and mind cannot function correctly, no matter how many supplements you take. You will eventually / usually die of organ failure.

k07 said...
This is great news! You’re doing something right! My bet is on your diet changes. Very inspiring.

I am doing elimination diet right now - no gluten, corn, soy, dairy, sugar for 6 weeks. Didn’t you have some extensive food testing done?

Yes, recent lab testing last summer. Ive tried diet changes many times in the past, but never this strict or lab tested for them before. I eliminated all six you mention, plus more, since September, not easy. I was only 95% glutan free, dairy free with whole paleo foods prior to that date, for two years. But only three months in back then , one antibody already began to drop.

Modified corn sugars are in 80-90% of processed foods. That X-mass ham, beef roast or turkey?- its injected with cane sugar, read the labels people.

95% of deli meat behind the counter IS NO DIFFERENT than the sliced packaged stuff hanging in the cooler section. It was packaged with a label, ask to read it. It did not come from the butcher or farm to the store. It stopped at a processing facility to be injected with corn syrup and or cane sugar.

We only live once.