Hello Hawthorn, to be clear, I don't have experience with thyroid issues, but when I read this part of your post "A couple days ago I happened to notice I had a swollen thyroid area -- this happened some time back due to accidental iodine overdose. During that time I noticed I was sensitive to iodine and cut it out of food briefly. I have had a thyroid nodule diagnosed in the past but was able to shrink it using castor oil packs placed over the thyroid area.
At the same time I noticed the swollen thyroid recently, I had also had more dairy products than usual, and a stressful event. I'd also been using castor oil packs once or twice on the thyroid"
I wondered if you've been consulting a doctor or therapist, finding out about the diagnose, like the one when you had a nodule on your thyroid.
Are your decisions for treatment made by yourself? A thyroid issue isn't a small problem, I believe, specially, when you've had a nodule on your thyroid, and an iodine sensitivity.
Have you read the Health Recovery Guide by Jim Humble? You can order it for about $10 as an ebook. Are you familiar with the testimonials on Jim Humble's site? You might find similar cases, treating thyroid issues with a MMS protocol, and read about the experiences.
When you use MMS, an effect of this treatment is detoxification, and in this process the result can be a swelling of lymfe nodes, such as the glands in the neck, below the ears. I'm not sure what kind of swelling you noticed, if it's in those glands I described. Is the swelling on the front? Like the swelling visitlble in patients with Basebow? Hyperthyreoïdy?
The glands that are each on the side of the neck, are all over our body as well, and they're like mini-landfills, collecting the toxines, released in the bloodstream by the work of the white bloodcells, and also, by the effect of an MMS protocol, removing pathogens from the body.
If I were you, it's easier to figure out what the effect of MMS is on the swelling, by lowering the dose and see if the swelling calms down, increase the dose and observe the effect of it, so that you know it's caused by the MMS Protocol when the swelling shows up. At the same time, better not use castor oil packs, for this makes it difficult to know what the effect is of the MMS protocol, be it a lower or a higher dose, see what I mean?
Regarding dairy consumption, when you use non-organica dairy, a residue of hormones and antibiotics is stored in the fats present in dairy. The hormones are meant to increase the milkproduction. It's best to not consume food products that you're not used to, or raise the amount of them, during an MMS Protocol, so that you're able to discern what the Protocol's impact is.
Maybe others here will have similar experiences with your issue. The only effect of a MMS Protocol I can imagine, on any organ, and gland, is the release of toxines, but not likely an effect on iodine sensitivity.
As it is, I truly don't feel that I'm qualified to suggest a treatment, and I certainly can't share any experience with treating thyroid issues. I do suggest you're seeing a therapist that is specialized in thyroid issues, when that's not the case now. I hope this is helpful in some way.