: Re: RETRACTION - RAI treatment

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I may have reacted a bit too quickly, I think 's probably right

here.

Good luck!

Judith

>

> > RETRACTION - I was wrong, and you already guessed. My brain is

so

> > fried right now I literally can't do simple math. Just got the 5

> > microcurie dose (my TSH was 85). Here's the scoop (I sure hope

I'm

> > getting this right). Tomorrow I go in, and they put me in front

of a

> > guiger counter type machine and count how much of the dose I took

> > this morning went to my neck. If it's above a certain level, they

> > give me 30 millicuries and send me home, and I'm done, no more

RAI.

> > If it's below a certain level, they give me 3 millicuries (the

scan

> > dose) and I go back next week for the scan and inpatient treatment

of

> > 100-200 millicuries (the amount depending on the scan next week).

> > The reason for this is because if there is too much thyroid tissue

> > around the nerves controlling the vocal chords, the inpatient

> > treatment can cause permanent damage and could damage or destroy

my

> > ability to speak.

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