I could not even finish reading the link you provided. It just blew my mind to see the amount of tests done to unknowing people. And at some of the top hospitals in the US.

I was born in 1962....In 1963 my mom had become almost a crazy woman due to problems with her thyroid. We were stationed at Travis AFB, CA at the time. The Air Force flew a plane from CA to TN just to pick up some type of radioactive drug to give my mother. It burned her whole thyroid up. And my father had to have a vasectomy because if they had anymore children the dr's told them they would be deformed So it's just me and my brother (my parents wanted 6 children) and my mom is still living at 83......on thyroid meds of course.

I was seeing some of the articles had the dates of 62 and 63. Awful stuff they did.

Sorry about changing the subject.

Debi from Georgia

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I'm sorry you had the procedure of radioactive iodine to treat your mother's hyperthyroidism explained to you in such an inappropriate way. Yes, her thyroid would no longer function, that was the object of giving the radioactive iodine. I was practicing in hospitals in the early 60s and I never heard anyone told to never have children because of "deformities". Your mother did not stay radioactive after the treatment. And the short time she was, wouldn't cause any permanent problems. Someone sure did a bad job of informing you. I'm sorry it affected you and your family so much. Maybe your parents were just afraid to have another child and the treatment. If you don't like this, just erase it.