Save Your Thyroid with Jen

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas from my family to yours. ❤️

12/12/2025

🚀 Better Care, Easier Upgrade: The 3D Advantage

This final clip answers the BIG question: How can doctors adopt this game-changing tech without major hassle?

The secret? PIUR IMAGING allows physicians to easily add the powerful 3D system right onto their existing ultrasound equipment! It's much simpler and more affordable than you might think, meaning better tools are accessible to more patients, sooner.
Why this matters to YOU:

👨‍⚕️ For Physicians: The enhanced 3D claim has been consistently covered by insurances (without questions!), which almost doubles the collected claim compared to standard 2D procedures. It’s an easy, high-ROI upgrade.

👩‍🦱 For Patients: Increased adoption means more doctors can offer the most precise thyroid nodule imaging available, leading to greater confidence in your diagnosis and targeted treatment planning.

This 3D ultrasound technology has the power to revolutionize how doctors image the thyroid moving forward. We are truly just scratching the surface!

➡️ See the full details on the ROI and the revolutionary technology. Watch the entire video now on YouTube!

➡️ Channel: Save Your Thyroid with Jen

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12/11/2025

🔥 Precision Procedures: How 3D Imaging Changes Treatment

Diagnosis is only half the battle. In this clip, Dr. Alireza Falahati explains why PIUR IMAGING's 3D Ultrasound is an absolute game-changer for planning advanced, minimally invasive thyroid procedures like RFA, MWA, and nPULSE.

When dealing with delicate areas, you need a perfect map! The 3D view gives Dr. Falahati the unparalleled spatial data required to precisely target and treat thyroid nodules, leading to safer and more effective outcomes for patients.

Think of it as having GPS for your procedure! 🧭

➡️ Don't just diagnose, plan with precision. Watch the full video over on YouTube to see how this technology is improving treatment for thyroid nodules.

➡️Channel: Save Your Thyroid with Jen


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12/09/2025

🔬 Thyroid Health Just Got an Upgrade!

Go behind the scenes with us at the clinic of Dr. Alireza Falahati in Salt Lake City, Utah! We’re diving into the future of diagnosis by watching him perform the first step with PIUR IMAGING’s 3D Ultrasound.

This technology is changing everything about how doctors see and treat thyroid nodules, offering unparalleled precision compared to standard 2D scans. Watch this clip to see the setup—then head to YouTube get the full story!

If you or a loved one deal with thyroid nodules, this video is a MUST-WATCH to understand the newest breakthrough in care.

➡️Watch the full video tomorrow on YouTube: "Thyroid Breakthrough! 3D Ultrasound Is Changing Nodule Treatment"

➡️Channel: Save Your Thyroid with Jen

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12/09/2025

Imagine seeing your thyroid nodule in 3D before deciding on treatment. 🤯

​I recently traveled to Salt Lake City to meet with Dr. Alireza Falahati and see this incredible technology in action. We are talking about Piur Imaging—a game-changer for visualizing nodules and planning non-surgical treatments like RFA.

​In my latest video (and now blog post!), I break down:

✨ How 3D ultrasound differs from standard 2D imaging.

✨ Why this matters for precise mapping and treatment success.

✨ My experience seeing this tech up close with Dr. Falahati.

​If you are navigating thyroid nodules, you need to know about this.

​👇 Read the full breakdown and watch the video on my Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/itsmejenagain/p/thyroid-breakthrough-3d-ultrasound?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1kx8pa

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11/29/2025

🤯 RFA Has NO Ceiling Size? Patrick Star Goiters!

Dr. Chan Jung Chang reveals a shocking truth about Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA): the treatment is not limited by size!

When asked about his ceiling size for a thyroid nodule, Dr. Chang shared a memorable patient case:

"Actually there's no ceiling size. [I] have a treated patient who's [nodule] looked like Patrick [from] SpongeBob."

This massive goiter, which was around seven or eight centimeters and affected both sides of the neck, was successfully treated despite multiple doctors telling the patient it was "hopeless" without surgery.

The Strategy for Huge Nodules:

Dr. Chang explained that while a huge nodule requires more time (the ablation took about two hours in this case), the treatment is still possible. For such large goiters, the expectation is that the patient may need "twice or three times" to achieve the desired, obvious improvement in symptom relief and size reduction. This patient choice highlights the power of RFA as a persistent, non-surgical alternative, even for cases often considered "too big" for anything but the knife.

🤜Podcast: Save Your Thyroid with Jennifer Holkem
🤜Episode: RFA for Thyroid Cancer? Inside Taiwan's Advanced Techniques | Dr. Chan Jung Chang
🤜Listen NOW on YouTube or through your favorite podcast platform at saveyourthyroidwithjen.com!

11/28/2025

💥 The Truth About RFA: Simple Technique, HIGH-STAKES Precision

Dr. Chan Jung Chang gives us the straight facts on Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA):

"Actually, RFA is quite easy. Just under the ultrasound, you just put your probe inside your tumor and turn on the power and then the tumor will be burned out. Yeah, it's quite easy."

BUT... he warns: "The most important thing is to keep your nerve and your vessel alive after the surgery... or otherwise you will sue me."

😱Don't sue me bro!😱

This is why expertise matters! The magic of RFA isn't just about destroying the nodule; it's about the precision required to save your voice and surrounding structures—a feat achieved through advanced techniques like hydrodissection (the topic of this week's episode!).

🤜Podcast: Save Your Thyroid with Jennifer Holkem
🤜Episode: RFA for Thyroid Cancer? Inside Taiwan's Advanced Techniques | Dr. Chan Jung Chang
🤜Listen NOW on YouTube or through your favorite podcast platform at saveyourthyroidwithjen.com!

11/26/2025

Why are patients in Taiwan choosing RFA over traditional thyroid surgery? It's about more than just avoiding the knife!

Host Jennifer Holkem asks expert Dr. Chan Jung Chang why Radiofrequency Ablation has been adopted so widely across Asia. His answer reveals powerful cultural and physical reasons behind the non-surgical preference:

✨ 1. The Scar Consideration: In Asian populations, there's a higher tendency for a hypertrophic (ugly) scar after surgery. Avoiding this permanent, visible mark on the neck is the most important reason for choosing RFA.

✨ 2. Cultural Organ Preservation: Patients want to preserve their thyroid gland to reduce the risk of hypothyroidism, even with partial surgery.

✨ 3. Avoiding the "Awkward" Feeling: RFA helps patients avoid the "strange sense" over their neck often reported after open surgery due to muscle and sensory nerve dissection.

🤜Podcast: Save Your Thyroid with Jennifer Holkem
🤜Episode: RFA for Thyroid Cancer? Inside Taiwan's Advanced Techniques | Dr. Chan Jung Chang
🤜Listen NOW on YouTube or through your favorite podcast platform at saveyourthyroidwithjen.com!

11/25/2025

New Episode! "RFA for Thyroid Cancer? Inside Taiwan's Advanced Techniques | Dr. Chan Jung Chang"

The Future of Thyroid Treatment: Advanced RFA, Microcarcinoma, and Taiwan's "One-Stop Shop" Model 🇹🇼 This episode of Save Your Thyroid unveils the groundbreaking world of Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA). Host Jennifer H...

The Future of Thyroid Treatment: Advanced RFA, Microcarcinoma, and Taiwan's "One-Stop Shop" Model 🇹🇼 This episode of Save Your Thyroid unveils the groundbreaking wo…

11/24/2025

Inside the RFA Revolution in Taiwan!

Tired of hearing that surgery is your only option for thyroid nodules or even small cancers? What if you could treat your thyroid tumor without a single incision, preserve your gland, and avoid a permanent scar?

This week on SAVE YOUR THYROID, Episode #110, I'm thrilled to welcome the renowned expert, Dr. Chan Jung Chang, an Otolaryngologist from Taiwan, who is pioneering the future of non-surgical care!

Dr. Chang takes us inside Taiwan's advanced RFA techniques and reveals why Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) has become the preferred choice, leading to faster, safer, and more effective treatments.

Swipe to see the Key Takeaways! ➡️

Here’s what you’ll learn about this life-changing procedure:

➡️The Streamlined Patient Journey: Learn about Taiwan's efficient "One-Stop Shop" model, where patients can receive diagnosis and treatment planning within just two weeks!

➡️The No-Scar Preference: How cultural attitudes towards scarring have driven the widespread adoption of RFA over traditional surgery.

➡️Next-Level Safety: We dive deep into Hydrodissection (enhanced with Hyaluronic Acid!)—a critical technique used to protect the vocal cord nerve and surrounding vital organs during complex ablations.

➡️ Preventing Regrowth: Discover the advanced method of Arterial Ablation used to prevent tumor regrowth after RFA, even for large lesions.

➡️RFA for Thyroid Cancer: We discuss the specific criteria for using RFA to safely treat Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma.

As Dr. Chang says, "RFA is a life-changing procedure for patients."

Don't miss this essential episode on the future of thyroid treatment!

🗓️ Episode airs TOMORROW on YouTube, your favorite podcast platform, and saveyourthyroidwithjen.com!



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11/21/2025

"Hey, what's that thing on your neck?"

Sometimes it's a bank teller or a friend who notices it first. Other times, it's found accidentally on a CT scan for something else.

In this clip, ENT surgeon Dr. Michael J. Wolfe explains how most patients find their way to him. While many nodules have no symptoms, he asks one specific question to screen for trouble:

"Do you need a sip of water to pass it through that last little bit?"

If you have to swallow twice to get food down, that is a "fairly classic" sign the thyroid is pushing on your throat.

Do you have this symptom?

👉Podcast: Save Your Thyroid with Jennifer Holkem
👉Episode: Thyroid Nodules: RFA vs. Surgery (All the Details) | Dr. Wolfe
👉Listen NOW on YouTube or through your favorite podcast platform at saveyourthyroidwithjen.com!