A week ago today I took my fancy radiation pill and was quarantined from people, especially my kiddos until Saturday. I felt fine, a bit strange in the stomach but that has been life without thyroid hormone, so not much different than the last 2 months.
Today I went in for a fancy scan that shows all my "Highlighted" areas. Thankfully I am not claustrophobic, but still chose to keep my eyes closed most of the time rather than look at this camera thing 1 inch from my nose. Whole thing took a bit more than a half an hour. The techs were great, played soft music, gave me a warm blanket and checked on me often. Nice job Sky Lakes Nuclear Medicine! At the start they were telling me that sometimes you may have to come back for a follow up scan because they will want to watch the movement of some of the "highlighted" places. Movement, by the way, is a good thing. It just means all that iodine/radiation stuff has not worked its way out of my system. When the highlighter doesn't move, is when there is more cause for concern. I was thinking to myself, "I hope there are no highlighted areas in strange parts of my body, it has all worked its way out, and I am done with this stuff." Well..........no such luck. Back for another scan on Friday. In the meantime I am going to be drinking tons of water and eating every high fiber thing I can find. Making sure I help it move on out.
We are praying that, in fact, the extra highlighted areas are just iodine/radiation that have not moved their way through. We do not want them to be extra spots of cancer (usually they are not). I would appreciate all prayers and thank you in advance for interceding on my behalf to our Lord.
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged for the Lord our God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9.
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