That is where I will be going tomorrow for my test. I've been on the Iodine deficient diet for almost a week now. Tonight at midnight, I have to begin to fast. At 11 AM, I will be given a tablet that has radioactive iodine in it. I will go back at 3 to have my thyroid scanned and again at 1 PM the next day and have it scanned again. They will be looking for a couple of things. Part of this test is to look at my thyroid size, how many and how big any nodules are, and how quickly and efficiently my thyroid uses the iodine to make the hormones my body needs. The will look and see if some of the thyroid is working more than others and if anything look possibly cancerous. Did you know that nuclear medicine is very expensive? Oh yeah, thank goodness for insurance. Otherwise, we would be moving in with parents. I'll post any and all updates that I get from the test on here. The most annoying thing so far, (besides the diet) is that my thyroid has swollen pretty big and you can now see it pushing out of my neck. It is really weird! Try not to stare! Ha ha!
But, life goes on and we do have some fun things to look forward to! My sister, Nicole is coming up today from Arizona for the weekend and we've got all the Memorial Day celebrations to look forward to! I love holidays!
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Oh Brooke I will be thinking about you tommorow, I hope all goes well and you can start putting all of this behind you. If it makes any difference last time I saw you you were saying it was bigger and you could see it and I didn't notice a thing, it's probably just more noticable to you because you know it's there. Well say some extra prayers for you tonight....love you guys!
ReplyDeleteI meant we will say some extra prayers for you not well!
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