Pam --

My mother began taking synthetic thyroid pills after her thyroid was removed in the early 1960s (yes, more than 40 years ago), and my husband has taken them for a "sluggish thyroid" for about five years. Your doctor will periodically do tests to fine-tune the dosage -- for example, my husband takes one pill every other day -- but neither has had any problems with the medication.

All the best,
Leslie

Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.