Congrats on your wonderful success ! ! I suspect you were developing Fibrocystic Breast Disease that is so common with women (unusual in men)that are Iodine deficient. Iodine deficiency also leads to unbalanced hormones, and a Pandoras Box of additional symptoms. http://tinyurl.com/iodine-references
You might want to occasionally monitor your body PH numbers with PH test strips to keep you out of future trouble. It is essential to not allow our body to become too acidic: http://tinyurl.com/Iodine-PH-Levels