My appointment was at 8:15 a.m. this morning, but I arrived around 7:45 a.m. just in case I needed to do lots of paperwork. To my surprise, my pre-registration took care of most of the paperwork. I just had to give some signatures and initials for my consent to do the treatment. Easy...
A very sweet, elderly lady (volunteer) walked me down to the basement (nuclear medicine). As we departed, she let me know that should would be praying for me on her walk back. :)
Because of how potent the RAI treatment can be to your body, I had to give blood so they could determine if I was pregnant or not...Once the results came back, the radiology supervisor called me back to explain the series of injections, pill, and scan that I will be doing this week. I learned that I would be getting the Thryogen injection in my hip...today: left side; tomorrow: right side. I was a little nervous, but I am not that scared of needles, so I figured it wouldn't be bad.
A nurse came in and had me pull my shorts down a little. She felt around for the bone and then..stick! I don't know why I was nervous. It was a small needle and the "juice" burned a little going in, but other than that, it was nothing.
I leave the hospital and headed home to eat...I was starving at this point. Since I am on the low-iodine diet, I had to come home and make something for breakfast. (Plain Oatmeal was not in the cards today...YUCK!). I made apple (sauce) muffins from scratch. I had them during my first treatment, and they are GOOD!
It is a very easy recipe and very tasty. (Reminds me a little of fall/autumn.)
Speaking of the diet, it is a little easier to do it in the summer when fruits and vegetables are fresh. :)
Overall, today wasn't too bad. My energy level has slowly died throughout the day. Luckily, I am a teacher and I am on summer break! I had enough energy to make my 3 meals today and go to hospital, but I had to lay down for the majority of the day. It will only get worse as the Levothyroxine moves out of my system completely.
-I know the Lord will give me the strength that I need. He always does.
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