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Selenium working for me

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Selenium is working really, really well... particularly on any swollen lymph nodes I have had for many years & I’ve noticed a drastic improvement in my overall energy. I told my doctor this and he immediately ran bloods for my thyroid - t3, t4, reverse t3 and thyroid antibodies.

Could my thyroid have been the issue all along?! I don’t understand why it was never directly checked. The selenium effect kicked in at about day 3 of taking the supplement and the improvement was drastic.

can anyone shed some light on this please?
 
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please check in when your blood test comes back. it will be interesting to see if it was a thyroid problem. what else is selenium good for. dont want to start taking it, if it might upset other stuff.

thanks for sharing that.
joanie
 

splusholia

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Selenium is working really, really well... particularly on any swollen lymph nodes I have had for many years & I’ve noticed a drastic improvement in my overall energy. I told my doctor this and he immediately ran bloods for my thyroid - t3, t4, reverse t3 and thyroid antibodies.

Could my thyroid have been the issue all along?! I don’t understand why it was never directly checked. The selenium effect kicked in at about day 3 of taking the supplement and the improvement was drastic.

can anyone shed some light on this please?

Which type do you take?