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Yesterday I just freaked out, but I had convinced myself it would be months away. Honestly, sooner is so much better than later!!!
Tomorrow will be my first day off my hormone replacement. I was told to expect that I will feel horrible and emotional unstable - lol - so business as usual I guess.
Then, in two weeks, I go in and take the low dose pill and go home. Monday I come back for the scan. And it will be Tuesday that life goes to heck in a hand basket. I will hand off my Service Dog to my daughter that morning as my hubby drives me to the hospital for whatever dose is required for what the scan finds.
I already have reservations for a hotel for six nights not too far from home. I will put the "Please do not distub" on the door so the maid service does not come in. Tom will help me clean the whole room before I leave and we will take all trash with us.
I have gone from terrified to numb - which is actually a better place to be at. At least it will be over soon. I just have to get through the next two weeks on the low-iodine diet and no hormones to level out my system - it will suck, but it is survivable.
wish me luck - oh, and Tom is going to get me a keyboard to use several feet away from my laptop so I can talk to people without destroying my laptop. The room has wifi!
Tomorrow will be my first day off my hormone replacement. I was told to expect that I will feel horrible and emotional unstable - lol - so business as usual I guess.
Then, in two weeks, I go in and take the low dose pill and go home. Monday I come back for the scan. And it will be Tuesday that life goes to heck in a hand basket. I will hand off my Service Dog to my daughter that morning as my hubby drives me to the hospital for whatever dose is required for what the scan finds.
I already have reservations for a hotel for six nights not too far from home. I will put the "Please do not distub" on the door so the maid service does not come in. Tom will help me clean the whole room before I leave and we will take all trash with us.
I have gone from terrified to numb - which is actually a better place to be at. At least it will be over soon. I just have to get through the next two weeks on the low-iodine diet and no hormones to level out my system - it will suck, but it is survivable.
wish me luck - oh, and Tom is going to get me a keyboard to use several feet away from my laptop so I can talk to people without destroying my laptop. The room has wifi!
Everything else that I use I plan to take out of the room myself. Most of it will get tossed.
My hubby is thinking that if I use an external keyboard and mouse on my laptop, it should be ok - and we can just toss the keyboard and mouse.
So far, not being prepared for my low iodine diet has sucked. Tomorrow I will hit the grocery store for the few odds and ends I need to make it work. Today I am just living on rabbit food. Yesterday I was BAD... I had McD's for breakfast and just didn't eat after that. Sigh. Bad me. Today I have been mostly eating rabbit food.
I am feeling better, emotionally, I can get through anything for two weeks - well three, because I have to stay on the diet after the pill I think for a few days.
I didn't have to stay on the diet after my treatment. After the last body scan, I was able to eat regular food again.
Are you on Cytomel now? That is what I had to take before the RAI treatment. I am now back on regular synthroid.
I can only guess what they are going to do after the first scan. No one has talked to me about it. 95% of the information I have I have gotten on my own research, here and and ThyCa.com.
Even if I have to spend the week on RAI on this diet, I can live through three weeks of anything.