Author Archives: tazscott

I’m sure when you heard those words you thought “no salt”… but it’s not “no salt” it’s LOW iodine (so non-iodized salt is fine).  When I first had to do LID there was VERY little on the internet to help … Continue reading →

I spent hours scrolling through websites for information… I’ll spare you a bit of the search as many of these you could follow for hours and get lost.  I looked “LEFT” and “RIGHT” and all the extremes and naturalistic and … Continue reading →

You might be faced with surgery or just radioactive iodine treatments (RAI).  There are some different options regarding RAI procedures.  Your doctor may ask you to follow a low-iodine diet (keep in mind, this is not low salt… you can … Continue reading →

A great place to connect with other people that have Thyroid Cancers.  There are literally TONS of resources here, you can get lost.  I started you out on the “questions” page… I’m sure you have plenty: http://www.thyca.org/questions.htm You’ve probably heard … Continue reading →

Have you been diagnosed with thyroid cancer?  Let’s start with some definitions.  This will help you, help yourself AND help you explain to others: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/thyroid If you are curious, this is the one I had:  Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid … Continue reading →

While there are a LOT of websites out there re: thyroid health, many of the studies, many of the articles, many of the suppositions are by the same circle of pharmaceutical companies, or same authors, etc… You will come across … Continue reading →