RAI PRECAUTIONS (scan & ablation)

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Dear All,

Recommended precautions to be followed after an ablative dose of

RAI have been posted many times on this list, and are easy to access.

1) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/4869

SCAN DOSE: precautions for after low scanning dose from Dr.

2) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/15943

SCAN DOSE: Barb's scan dose precautions

3) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/10398

a compilation of precautions from several sources

4) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/3832

detailed explanation & perspective on post ablation precautions from Ian Adam.

5) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Thyca/message/12728

precaution about wearing contact lenses after RAI ablation

If you'd like to look for additional letters on the subject, it's easy to

search the archives by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thyca and either

browsing

the archives, or else typing in a key word (ie: " precaution " ) or digest message

number.

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Thanks -

canewrites wrote:

> Well, after all my trials and tribulations, I took my 4 mCi dose this

> morning for my scan on Friday. The tech barely spoke English and

> didn't seem to know anything about I131 at all. Can anyone remind me

> what the precautions are for this size dose? My littlest children

> are 4 and 5 (the big one is in CA on vacation right now). I seem to

> remember I need to not hold them for a couple days and avoid contact

> with body fluids. My hubby always gets really paranoid after I get a

> dose...he wants to know how long before it is safe for him to sleep

> next to me and also how long for other activities in bed (blushing

> here LOL).

>

> Thanks,

> G.