Your patients outlook is troubling. How can someone think supplemention Iodine will have no effect yet they think that there MAY be some chance the thyroid will heal on its own?
That makes no sense at all. Iodine is a crucial element needed for many bodily functions and even if direct supplementation of I does not reverse her hypo she has a much better chance of healing her thyroid if her body has the nutrients it needs.
Her road to healing is not just about giving the body the building blocks of hormones but giving the body the nutrients it needs to function but beyond that, nutrients which act as electron donors to the immune system and actually help with the detoxing process and strengthening of the immune system.