M.A.
I was scared too when I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism about 6 years ago. Had hardly none of the symptoms, but that diagnosis changed my life completely around - for the good. This also runs in my family, but they had the opposite. I was on medication for a year, and then my endo decided it was time to do biopsy to rule out cancer. No cancer so he suggested the radioactive iodine treatment. That made me so sick, I was out of work for a week-plus I was radioactive! Usually after the iodine treatment you are the opposite, but I was one of the 20% that 6 months later I was completely back to normal, no need for medication or specialist visits-ever again!!