I am currently preparing for my one-year whole body scan (WBS), just started the LID yesterday. Instead of going off my meds, I will be getting Thyrogen shots this year, followed by the RAI dose, then WBS and unsurpressed Tg/TgAB blood draw. The whole thing will take five days. But I'm not sure about the timing of all of this. I had a CT scan with contrast last August, to check for some areas of concern in my chest area that was found after my RAI ablation treatment last July. The result was clear, but the contrast that was given to me can stay in my body for up to a year, and could interfere with any RAI given for treatment, whether it is an ablation dose or a scan dose. It will be just 10 months post CT scan with contrast when I get my one-year dose/scan in two weeks. I think I need to call my NucMed doc to see if this will be Ok, or if we should wait a few more months.
Not sure if I really want to put it off for two more months because I am anxious to see if there is still any thyroid cancer, well, either of the two flavors I have, left in my body. I guess it does not really matter since I will need yearly follow up anyway - blood work and ultrasounds to make sure my TSH is at the right level and that my Tg (Thyroglobulin, the ThyCa tumor marker) is still undetectable. I almost want something to show up so I can be monitored more closely than once a year - I just don't want to be walking around for 12 months thinking things are fine only to find out at my annual check that things have gone horribly wrong, and the worry starts all over again because I have to go through more surgery or another round of RAI, not a scan dose, but another ablation dose. No, I definitely want to be spared from that. Then again, I guess the best thing is to be surprised. I don't think God would send me down a path that I could not handle, so bring it on.
Anyway, how does my neck look, 365 days later?
Happy Blogiversary! *fingers crossed* for your WBS!
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