Thank you so much for bringing the article to my attention, Ethan. Yes is I have also lost my thyroid, but in my case there was a slight variation. I was already taking Thyroxin because of a failing thyroid gland before being treated with radiation therapy for laryngeal cancer. The radiation treatment completely ended thyroid function. The time line was 29 years from initial non-ionsing radiation therapy to the virtual failure of my thyroid.

It is probably appropriate to mention here that I was in the Australian Defense Forces (ADF) when I was first subjected to radiation therapy. The ADF has accepted responsibility for some of the resulting carcinomas, but not all. So there is now an ongoing dispute between myself the ADF's insurers.

Cheers
Mac