RAI isolation day two. Despite expecting several side effects like sore throat, dry mouth, etc I have had an easy go of it. Maybe a little throat tenderness but that could be from the tail end of my cold.
When I first started researching the RAI treatment I was really concerned about the potential risk of cancer (ironic, right?). Though it is a great way to treat thyroid cancer, there is a slightly elevated risk of leukemia. Awesome. Thankfully, the nuclear med doc said that risk is less than 1% and with the new shots and dosing, probably even less.
Now my biggest concern is getting the results of my whole body scan that happens next week. They can check to see where the radioactivity is to see where the cancer cells are. Now intellectually I trust my surgeon who said there was no evidence of further spreading. But emotionally I feel like if it was already in 1/4 of my lymph nodes, my thyroid, and in a 3cm mass that had been there for several years...then it's possible for it to be elsewhere. Trying not to worry about it as that achieves nothing until we get results.
My isolation activities yesterday included rereading Eclipse, reading the new Eclipse novella, watching How to Train Your Dragon, starting a new book, playing computer games, and blogging. Whee.
25 hours down, 47 to go!
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