Hashimoto's Disease

Had surgery in 1979 due to enlarged nodules caused by Hashimoto's ... local surgeons kept doing tests, but the surgeons in Seattle did surgery in a few days after their examination.

Due to having worked around radiation they were not sure which it was - thyroid cancer or Hashimoto's as I had been taking Synthroid tablets for years previous to growths on the thyroid.

The surgeon had a BIG SMILE on his face when he talked with me after surgery, and all the nurses had SMILES on their faces too ..

We now celebrate Sunsets as we have seen oodles of them since 1979 !

Didn't know about the gluten free diet thought so much as changed in medical procedures/etc since 1979.

The doc told me to get off gluten for 2 months and we'd see what happened. Sometimes gluten can set off multiple auto immune responses. I've been tested a few times for celiac/gluten markers and have been negative every time.

But... my doc told me that you don't have to have celiac to be sensitive to gluten. So...I'd rather give up gluten if I don't have to take pills and get blood tests. HATE needles!!! Have a serious phobia of needles.

So...how has your Hashi's been treated?

cts

No but I hear a gluten free diet can assist in managing it.

yes. for about 10 years.