Re: Update on last post

Thank everyone for responding.

Justthinking: what is thyroid support? Is that a special kind of blend of supps?

"Both the tongue swelling with tooth marks and the heavy periods are signs of possible hypothyroidism." So I still might by hypo-T? Haven't considered that actually. But you might be right: I still have difficulty staying warm and do not have nearly as much energy as say my father who is 70! I do have so much more energy than I did a year ago though, so for me it feels like I'm fixed! I'll look into this. It will probably just taken time for the Iodine to slowly repair the damage that's done. But could it also mean I need more iodine?

I have major fibroids going on in my breasts. Maybe I have them in my uterus as well? That may explain some of the strange periods, apart from the hypo-T of course.

I paint my breasts every day twice, including the nipples since two days: thanks Ginagirl. I paint with 5% Lugols. I have 15% Lugols and just dilute it. My skin tolerates 5% just fine. My breasts are swollen right now and painful. I'm having a period right now. When I lift my arm (either) a thick bit of tough tissue stays stuck to the start of the breast, while the rest hangs down. I'm pretty sure that though bit is not supposed to be there.

I was already taking iron, but not nearly as much as was suggested in the article that Wombat referred to: 100 mg a day! I will up my iron. It is probably a good idea, since I'm bleeding so much. I already take B12, should I also start taking extra folic acid (I take 50 mcg daily at the moment).

:-) Okay! Okay! I hear you :-) I will try to find steel cut oats somewhere. We're in a rural area and choices are limited. I'll probably have to order from the UK. Wonder if they taste differently.

Ginagirl: the koriander now has some borax too. I also gave some to my vine, last year it was covered in some fungi like stuff and produced no grapes, maybe this'll help. Hmmm, we're having a mold problem in the bathroom ....

Wombat: I do feel differently. I'm no longer going back and forth between hypo and hyper. So I'm feeling more peaceful and less panicky.

It turns out I was taking too much borax: 168 mg, which provides 18 mg of boron (11%). I use a very tiny spoon and then only the tip, but that is already too much as it turns out. I have a precision scale now. This amount of boron gives me extremely dry skin. I was taking this daily!
Ginagirl: you say you use 1/8 tspn, but 1/8 of my tspn weighs 800 mg! You probably have smaller teaspoons?

Ginagirl: I will definitely try your recipe.
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