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Hi,I am a 4 1/2 year breast cancer survivor. I have been taking 50 - 100 mg Iodoral/Lugols for 3 1/2 years. I recently went to a 6-month checkup with my oncologist, and everything is fine except, for the first time, my liver enzymes were medium - high. In the past, my liver enzymes were in fine shape. As a result, my oncologist has scheduled me for a CT scan of the abdomen in two weeks. I have not told my oncologist that I have been taking Iodoral and the companion nutrients for the last several years because he would freak out. Also, in the last month, I started taking milk thistle since I have read on this forum that it helps clean out the liver. I have been slowly gaining weight over the last several years (approximately 15 pounds), and I thought the milk thistle would

help the liver since I have been taking Iodoral and Tamoxifen. I stopped taking Tamoxifen in 10/2010. I did not tell my oncologist that I started taking milk thistle either. I am feeling great so the only reason the CT scan is being ordered is because of the higher liver enzyme test.My questions:Since I take Iodoral, will I have any problems with drinking the chalky radioactive iodine for the CT scan?Will the radioactive iodine cause me to get sick since I am already taking Iodoral?Should I tell them that I am taking Iodoral?Should I stop taking Iodoral until after the CT scan?Should I tell them that I am taking Milk thistle? I have stopped taking the milk thistle until all of the tests are complete. Does that sound OK?Would taking milk thistle cause the liver enzymes to increase? Is is

possibly a temporary thing like beginning Iodoral and the TSH increasing?Any comments would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance for your comments/feedback, Lu