JaneS
07-05-18, 18:29
Anyone else have an under active thyroid? I have been on thyroxine for it for many years and it has never been an issue until I had a recent panic about the number of x rays I’ve had in my lifetime. One thought led to another and now I’m really concerned that the throat x ray I had as a child (probably 45 years ago) has caused damage to my thyroid and hence it is now under active. I am really scared this might lead to thyroid cancer. What makes me worse is that I had x rays at the dentist last week (last ones there were 5 years ago) and now I’m beating myself up about having them and that I should have said no as it’s more radiation in an area close to the thyroid - had a mammogram last year too! Feel I have given myself a death sentence and can’t let it go. Apparently children are more sensitive to radiation and the thyroid is a sensitive gland too! Past x rays include chest x Ray, kidney x Ray, barium meal, 2 mammograms and previous regular dental x rays spread out over my life, I’m now 55. Never had any CT scans though.