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"Miss White, Allison... How's been your day? Yes, ok course, I'll come to the point. I have the results of the tests. Before I start, I want you to know that you are free to ask for a second opinion. Ok... First of all, we found out that you have Type-2 Diabetes. I wanted to wait because we weren't sure if it was an error because of something else. This is easily treatable, you'll just have to avoid sugary foods and... Yeah, you're right, there is something else. You have hypothyrodism, caused because of an excessive amount of iodine, present in the dried algae you eat. Yes, that is the cause of your weight gain. This is easily treatable, we use levothyroxine, which is very secure and cheap. But, we found out that you are allergic to levothyroxine. This is the only case known in the world. Yes, that's why we needed so many tests, and that's why I told you about the second opinion. Well, I don't know, really. We'll need further investigations and we'll coordinate with a team that is looking for a substitute..." (...) "... experimental stage..." (...) "... facing obesity..." (...) "...I'm very sorry..."

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"Miss White, Allison... How's been your day? Yes, ok course, I'll come to the point. I have the results of the tests. Before I start, I want you to know that you are free to ask for a second opinion. Ok... First of all, we found out that you have Type-2 Diabetes. I wanted to wait because we weren't sure if it was an error because of something else. This is easily treatable, you'll just have to avoid sugary foods and... Yeah, you're right, there is something else. You have hypothyrodism, caused because of an excessive amount of iodine, present in the dried algae you eat. Yes, that is the cause of your weight gain. This is easily treatable, we use levothyroxine, which is very secure and cheap. But, we found out that you are allergic to levothyroxine. This is the only case known in the world. Yes, that's why we needed so many tests, and that's why I told you about the second opinion. Well, I don't know, really. We'll need further investigations and we'll coordinate with a team that is looking for a substitute..." (...) "... experimental stage..." (...) "... facing obesity..." (...) "...I'm very sorry..."