I've had a goiter grow three times. No nodules, just uniform swelling on both sides. The first time was probably 20 years ago after taking 30 mg iodine liquid from kelp for a few weeks. I was seeing a doctor regularly at that time because I was on isoniazid treatment for a tb-test conversion. The assumption was I'd been exposed to tb at one time; I think the treatment was for 9 months. I was just starting to take care of myself. The doctor felt the swelling and it put her on alert. I felt guilty about the iodine and stopped it. The goiter went away.

But over the years I had developed a very bad case of fibrocystic breasts. I'd read from Dr. Jonathan Wright that Lugol's could fix this. I didn't have access to Lugol's, and that's why I'd been trying the iodine from kelp. I kept getting worse and worse, and the doctor would only recommend draining the cysts if the pain got too bad. She sent me for a breast sonography, and the radiologist reading the film was very concerned. He had the face of someone looking at a woman who would be back with breast cancer. He spoke with his tech outside the room I was in, and said I needed either thyroid or iodine.

I never saw my doctor again. I redoubled my efforts at self-treatment. I found Iodoral and Iosol on my own, but had vicious headaches that made me think iodine was toxic for me. Then four years ago I found this forum, and learned about detox. I was scared to try iodine again, wondering about the goiter still, but I was scared not to. I started in low and slow on Iodoral and built up. By this time I was additionally taking iodine to offset cardiovascular disease I was afraid of because of high Lipoprotein(a). I began to push the envelope on how much iodine to take. One year after starting, I briefly hit my upper limit of Iodoral 300 mg plus SSKI 600 mg, sort of like achieving a mountain peak. That's when the goiter came back, during this time of super-high dosing.

It continued growing even as I backed off how much iodine I was taking. My thyroid activity, which had continually been low but slightly rejuvenated taking iodine, had never normalized, and I reluctantly concluded I'd have to take thyroid hormone. After 2 years, about the time I reached 5 grains of generic Armour, the goiter was gone. Sadly, I was taking oregano oil for candida. The oregano oil depleted my ferritin levels, which sabotaged my ability to tolerate Armour, and the goiter came back a third time. This time I knew why, that my TSH had risen, and as soon as my ferritin level allowed me to take 3 grains of Armour, the goiter was gone before having become noticeable to anybody but me. I am, today, goiter free :)