If I were this mother, I would get another opinion. Chances are she has
postpartum thyroiditis, and this needs neither a thyroid scan, and for sure
not I131 to destroy "part of her thyroid". First of all, the I131 is likely
to destroy all of her thyroid.
Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC
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