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Radioactive Iodine Treatment

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  • 11-03-2012 12:55am
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    Niobe
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi,
    My dad is due to go in to Luke's for radioactive iodine treatment. He had thyroid cancer and is having the treatment following a total thyroidectomy. He will be in isolation for 3 or 4 days. I was wondering if anyone else has had the treatment and if there is anything in particular that made the isolation more bearable or if there is anything you would recommend to someone having this treatment.
    Thx.


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    Deepsurf
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Deepsurf


    Yes, I was in St. Lukes in October 2011. I had a partial thyroidectmy last March and they removed the rest of it in June and had the Radio Iodine in October. They are fantastic in Lukes. Has your Dad had his treatment yet? Plenty of books / puzzle mags / tv / phone calls. He might feel ill the second day which they will give him an anti-sickness tablet. I had this and it made me sleep for the day. How is he coping with eltroxin levels. I am still trying to get mine right! Best of luck to him.


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