Re: Nuclear Scan

[Guest guest]

Hi Prue,

I'm sorry your having to deal with so much right now with the

Uterine Cancer.

I didn't have any side effects from the RAU-uptake scan either. Had I

wish I didn't do it the answer would be YES. I wish I knew about the

TSI test before I ended up having the RAU-uptake but no I had no bad

side effects but god only knows in the long run what that does to your

body. I'm hoping not much for both our sakes. Well the good news is

if you think its good news is that the RAU-uptake is just a trace of

the radioactive iodine but still its that " trace " word that always

bothers me but since I did it and you did it we just have to get past

it. At the time I didn't know any better so I had it done. You found

the club before you decided so you made the best decision based on

what others have told you about it.

I would consider traveling to one of the other cities especially since

you are dealing with a nuclear medical specialist and not a thyroid

specialist like an Endo.

Any nuclear medicine doctor is going to be all for RAI its what they

do even if they don't think its safe they wouldn't tell you otherwise

in my humble opinion.

Congrats! on quitting smoking that is a huge step that is wonderful.

I know that your thyroid will appreciate it. It may have caused

graves and it may not have but it certainly doesn't help graves

disease or any kind of lung disease so its good that you quit. I

applaud your efforts on that issue.

Best of luck and do consider all your options that are available to

you. Right now you just did the scan but to get the R131 is a

completely different story and some have to have it more than once to

totally ablate the thyroid.

Just be careful and consider your options and get a good doctor it

doesn't sound like you have a good doctor on your side right now.

Alegra

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[Guest guest]

> I would consider traveling to one of the other cities especially

since

> you are dealing with a nuclear medical specialist and not a thyroid

> specialist like an Endo.

>

> Any nuclear medicine doctor is going to be all for RAI its what

they

> do even if they don't think its safe they wouldn't tell you

otherwise

> in my humble opinion.

>

> Congrats! on quitting smoking that is a huge step that is

wonderful.

> I know that your thyroid will appreciate it. It may have caused

> graves and it may not have but it certainly doesn't help graves

> disease or any kind of lung disease so its good that you quit. I

> applaud your efforts on that issue.

>

> Best of luck and do consider all your options that are available to

> you. Right now you just did the scan but to get the R131 is a

> completely different story and some have to have it more than once

to

> totally ablate the thyroid.

>

> Just be careful and consider your options and get a good doctor it

> doesn't sound like you have a good doctor on your side right now.

>

> Alegra

>

Thanks Alegra, you're right about the specialist, but my doctor is

very good, extremely supportive and has had patients with Grave's

before. She is not pushing any one treatment at this stage, just

trying to get me to level out on the Carbimazole. I had bloods taken

yesterday as well as the uptake scan, but still have no results.

Thank you got your kind words. I have been cancer-free for 10 and a

half years now, and am desperately hoping to retain the status quo.

Thanks for the advice.

Cheers

Prue

[Guest guest]

Hi Barb,

I'm so glad to hear that you are cancer free for 10 years that is

great. To maintain the status quo would simply be to keep taking good

care of yourself with good nutrition.

RAI is a risk for cancer incase you didn't know that but it can cause

small bowel cancer as well as cancer of the stomach and intestines.

ATD's are safer in my opinion.

As long as your comfortable with your doctor then by all means keep

going to that doctor. I thought you were feeling unstatisfied with

the doctor my mistake.

Anyway keep the faith things do get better.

Alegra