Originally posted by micki76
I had an enlarged thyroid when mine was hyper. They treated it with radioactive iodine to make it stop functioning and now I simply take synthroid everyday. There is no way to make the thyroid produce the correct amount of thyroid hormone once it malfunctions, so they make it stop altogether and then give you a measure dose of synthroid daily.
My mom had the same thing too. Every woman in my family has had thyroid problems. I get myself checked yearly for this because of my family's history. Good luck luckies4me!