Dear reader(s),
After much deliberation between my parents, my endo, and I yesterday, we have agreed that I'm going to see another specialist before we go ahead with the RAI. My case has been so weird that it seems like a good idea to get a second opinion, especially considering that at this point we're essentially fighting something we can't see. At all.
The awesome part of this is that setting up an appointment somewhere else will probably take a few weeks, so until then I get to go home! And off the diet! And take Cytomel! Obviously I am quite thrilled about all of that. I know I'll have to do all of this again in a few weeks anyway, but I just need a freakin' break. After a whole month I feel like I'm going to lose my mind if I have to live this way any longer.
So now at least I have a little bit of time to live my life before we finalize the RAI plans. And I think we'll all feel better about it once we've talked to an expert. Or...another expert. I don't want to badmouth my endo because she's great. It's just that her practice doesn't specialize in thyroid cancer, and we want to go to a hospital that does. She seems to agree that that's the best plan as well.
I'm now about to take my pill and have a small bit of dairy product. Wish my intestines luck as they attempt to process iodine again!
Happily reprieved,
RG
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