Great question, Vanessa — and smart that you’re staying above the nodule rather than putting the head right on it. Short version: I don’t have a big pile of published “US VNS + thyroid nodules” case series to hand you, and I’m not your doctor — so this isn’t medical advice. But here’s the useful framing, plus what I’d do in your shoes. 1. Diagnostic ultrasound over the thyroid is considered very safe Imaging ultrasound of the thyroid/neck is routine for nodules and uses non-ionizing sound waves (no radiation). That’s a different use-case than what we’re doing for vagus work, but it’s why “ultrasound near the thyroid” isn’t automatically a red flag the way heat/radiation would be: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/thyroid-ultrasound 2. “Therapeutic ultrasound on purpose for nodules” is a different animal There is a whole clinical world of ultrasound-guided treatments aimed at thyroid nodules (thermal ablation / HIFU, etc.) — those are higher-energy, clinician-delivered procedures meant to shrink tissue. That’s not what low-intensity US VNS is trying to do. So we shouldn’t casually aim stim energy into a known nodule “to treat it,” and we also shouldn’t assume our coaching protocols are the same as ablation settings. 3. Anatomy helps your instinct The cervical vagus you’re targeting sits more in the carotid sheath territory (side of the neck). The thyroid sits more central/anterior. So your approach — left side, short sessions, staying superior to / clear of the nodule — is the right kind of caution. 4. What I’d recommend practically - Keep doing what you’re doing: don’t place the transducer on the nodule itself. Stay above / clear of it. - Keep sessions short (your ~5 min is reasonable), and stay in the low-intensity / non-heating feel — no deep warmth, no pain, no pressure sensations that feel “off.” - Loop in the clinician who already follows your nodule (endo / whoever ordered your imaging). Show them exactly where you’re placing it and for how long. They’re the ones who know your nodule’s size, type, and follow-up plan. - If anything local changes (new neck pain, voice change, swelling, swallowing weirdness, or thyroid labs shifting), pause and get checked.

Go here: I agree sometimes the emails can be a lot, this is really a Skool specific control you can manage here: https://www.skool.com/settings?t=notifications

Wow!! That's phenomenal, Vanessa!!!! Waking up 15–20 minutes before your alarm — after years of being such a deep sleeper that nothing could pull you out — is a big deal. That kind of shift is exactly what we look for as a sign the system is settling into better autonomic balance overnight. What you’re describing lines up with a key distinction: there’s “being asleep,” and there’s restorative sleep. When sympathetic overdrive stays high overnight, you can still be out cold… but the body isn’t doing the repair work. Vagus nerve activation supports parasympathetic tone, which is what lets sleep actually restore you — so waking feels clearer, earlier, and more natural instead of like fighting your way out of a fog. There’s a growing clinical literature on non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and sleep quality. A few useful ones: - Randomized trial: taVNS improved sleep quality in chronic insomnia vs sham (JAMA Network Open): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2828072 - Overview of tVNS in sleep disorders (Frontiers): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pain-research/articles/10.3389/fpain.2026.1772166/full - High-altitude insomnia RCT where tVNS shortened sleep latency and increased deep sleep: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/13/6/985 (Different delivery method than ultrasound VNS, same nerve system — and the sleep-quality signal keeps showing up.) Huge congrats on two weeks in and already noticing something this concrete. Keep going with it, and watch what else shifts as your body gets more of that restorative overnight window. Excited for you — and welcome, so glad you’re here :D — Sterling

@Tracey Weiss Ah, okay, cool. Yeah, honestly, I googled it and that's I couldn't find it. That looks like a US-1000 clone. Like, I could almost guarantee you, I would bet money that if you opened up the manual and you compared it to a US 1000, the intensity and frequencies would be almost exactly the same. So yeah, you have, you basically can use US 1000 data, or like, you know, lesson plans and use that.

@Jacqueline Simon mm, sorry I don’t know about Brazil ! But you can search ultrasound handheld device on websites or google or w/e and I’m sure you can find it. At worst the same US distribution center will ship DHL to Brazil no problemo