please help to clarify LID

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I will be having my first follow-up next week (having had ablation in March). I

will get 3 miCu on Wed, Scan Fri, any treatment would be later.

I noted a previous post said " there is so much iodine in your blood it doesn't

matter what you eat " . Does that apply to me, too; or just to those with an

ablation dose? My endo sent instructions to resume Cytomel and go off LID

immediately following the WBS. But of course, I need to re-check all

instructions here!

I would like to add to the " hypo people shouldn't.......... " list. How about,

Hypo people shouldn't wear clothing that opens in the back. My daugher noticed

after we got home from a concert, that I never zipped the zipper on my full

denim skirt. She also noticed my bright blue underwear. Wonder how many other

people did, too!!

`Anne from Wy

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Anne wrote:

> I will be having my first follow-up next week (having had ablation in March).

I will get 3 miCu on Wed, Scan Fri, any treatment would be later.

> I noted a previous post said " there is so much iodine in your blood it doesn't

matter what you eat " . Does that apply to me, too; or just to those with an

ablation dose? My endo sent instructions to resume Cytomel and go off LID

immediately following the WBS. But of course, I need to re-check all

instructions here!

Hi, Anne -

This applies to anyone who will be receiving RAI of any dose. If you have had

a CT scan with contrast in the past year, there's a possibility that the iodine

may still be in your system, and even the strictest LID won't effect it. If

there is any doubt, having a 24 hour urine iodine test, will confirm it one way

or another.

> I would like to add to the " hypo people shouldn't.......... " list. How about,

Hypo people shouldn't wear clothing that opens in the back. My daugher noticed

after we got home from a concert, that I never zipped the zipper on my full

denim skirt. She also noticed my bright blue underwear. Wonder how many other

people did, too!!

LOL!

I don't know how many other hypo people have left their clothing unzipped, but

you're the first to admit it :-)

NYC

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Subject: please help to clarify LID

> I will be having my first follow-up next week (having had ablation in

March). I will get 3 miCu on Wed, Scan Fri, any treatment would be later.

> I noted a previous post said " there is so much iodine in your blood it

doesn't matter what you eat " . Does that apply to me, too; or just to those

with an ablation dose? My endo sent instructions to resume Cytomel and go

off LID immediately following the WBS. But of course, I need to re-check all

instructions here!

>

The whole reason for doing the LID is to get the iodine OUT of your body.

You have time to do it, especially if you're rather strict with yourself --

4-5 days is better than not doing it at all, if you can manage it. And yes,

even for a scan.

I resumed my meds immediately after my scan, but only because the

endo-doctor was available (by phone) to hear the news from the nukes that I

was " clean " (they'd already told me & showed me the pictures) and give the

ok (I had the pills in my purse and popped them right there in the nuke's

office!). And of course there was no reason to stay on LID then either. If

the scan isn't clean and treatment is imminent, it's a different matter.

> I would like to add to the " hypo people shouldn't.......... " list. How

about, Hypo people shouldn't wear clothing that opens in the back. My

daugher noticed after we got home from a concert, that I never zipped the

zipper on my full denim skirt. She also noticed my bright blue underwear.

Wonder how many other people did, too!!

> `Anne from Wy

She didn't notice until you got home? or she didn't tell YOU until then?!?

Best wishes.

bj