Thanks!

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Thanks to everyone who took the time to write to me. I am still reading the

emails.

I have taken seriously all the advice I've received and read most of the

websites that were suggested and one thing has stuck, there is NO WAYS I am

EVER putting foot near the Nuclear Medicine room. I refuse point blank to

have any RAI treatment. My eyes are still slightly swollen underneath at the

sides, it's obvious I have slight TED.

This decision may seem rather obstinate but I believe that I do have other

options open to me. The physician poo-pooed the idea of ATDs by saying it

was too " hit and miss " and now I am nervous that he is being far too hasty

in suggesting RAI in 2 weeks time.

I will go to my GP tomorrow and tell him my decision. He was not the one who

suggested RAI (although he warned me that it could be the outcome), it was

the physician and the Nuclear Doctor who suggested it. I need my GP to back

me up and to help me control this problem. I trust him, he knows his stuff.

MY GP diagnosed me as having GD within about 2 minutes and when he took my

blood to be tested he muttered " it's a waste of money but it has to be done

for confirmation " .

I beat Bell's Palsy because from the outset I was determined that I was

going to be one of the lucky ones who were over it within 2 weeks. I think I

beat the record, I was over it in 4 days because of my positive attitude and

I will try it again with this GD thing.

Once again many thanks to all those who wrote, you have help tremendously.

btw, I live in Cape Town, South Africa