Margaret, you say:
> The rationale is that the iodine which is actively transported
> into the remaining thyroid tissue will also be concentrated into the
> milk and the actively producing breast tissue, creating an exposure that
> could increase her chances for breast cancer.
Then isnīt it more logical to pump and dump until the radioactive iodine is all washed out of her system? And then, after that, continue to breastfeed? These patients are asked to drink a lot of water and urinate frequently so as
not to keep the urine (highly saturated with radioactive iodine) in the bladder for very long. I would think the rationale for the milk would be the same.
Kika Baeza
Family doc in Spain
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