Newbie with missing Thyroid Gland

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Hi everyone,

I had my thyroid removed in 2007 and it’s been a

pretty tough road since then. After my surgery my doctor put me on 50mcg of

levothyroxide (that probably isn’t spelled correctly) In 2 years I gained

100lbs and my once thick, long natural hair turned into a thinning, dried out

brittle mess. In 2010 I relocated back to my home state and I started seeing a

new doctor who put me on 4 grains of Naturethroid. My energy levels improved but

the weight is still not coming off even after I started a gluten free diet…My

hair is growing back but I think that’s due to the biotin and MSM

supplements I started taking.

*SIGH* Okay so now to my question…Two weeks ago

I started taking 5 drops of 2.5% lugols every morning and last week I upped my

dosage to 20 drops and followed the suggestion on the website here to add Selenium.

I’m not sure what I should expect from taking Iodine or if I should

expect anything seeing as though I don’t have a thyroid gland. Is there

anyone else around here who takes Iodine after having their thyroid removed? If

so, what improvements have you seen?

Oh yeah I should also add I’ve been using Celtic sea

salt on my food since last summer but I found I can’t eat it straight out

of the bag, it gives me horrible heartburn.

I’m open to suggestions from anyone…Thanks in

advance

Nikki