Posted by bookgurl99 on February 29, 2004, at 17:13:28
In reply to can u recover from hypothyroidism?, posted by Milena Hisko on February 10, 2004, at 10:06:32
Well, just as the liver does, or the tail of a lizard, the thyroid has the capacity to regenerate when it is damaged.
One man I know had to have his thyroid removed when he was young because he had developed a condition where it was dangerously fast and no other treatment worked. He was placed on full hormone replacement. But, a miniscule bit of the thyroid had been left in and GREW BACK TO NORMAL SIZE, to the point where he now -- 20 years later -- is free of thyroid problems.
Hence, it is _possible_ to heal, but I find it difficult to believe that there is much we as sufferers can do to speed along the process.
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