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A 20-year-old female asked:

Saw a specialist about my graves' disease and my t4 went from 49 to 48.3 in four months and he refuses to do surgery, what option do i have left?

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Dr. Uzma Chaudhryanswered

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Ablation: Ask your doctor about getting radioactive iodine ablation of the thyroid, which is like a "chemical surgery" where the thyroid/goiter is removed using radioactive iodine.

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