Finally, a nasty side effect or terrible consequence of this cancer that Christine does not have. Yea! I'm am so glad to hear your thyroid works (I can't say "like a charm" since mine doesn't). As Brian and others have pointed out, it depends on the path of the radiation. RO's try to avoid the thyroid but it can't always be helped, especially for base of tongue tumors.

I'm glad to see this thread. I think that thyroid medications can and should be taken at night, on an empty stomach, for the majority of patients and that the warnings and advice against that are not based on science nor statistically significant studies. I am so glad my endocrinologist is young and open minded: as she says: It's hard to argue with the facts of blood tests. She readily admitted her morning advice was based on med school and that no one in her class challenged this "wisdom" nor does she recall seeing any studies in her journals actually documenting the validity of morning doses, only some studies questioning it and the ones I listed discrediting it.
Charm