drum roll please.......survey says: "another treatment"

So, as I guessed, I will be going through another radioactive iodine treatment. This time, it will not be as strong, but is a much longer process...a week to be exact. 

On the Friday before this process, I will start the low iodine diet AGAIN...I can't express how excited I am. :/ On the Monday of the first hospital visit, I will stop taking my thyroid medicine (Levothyroxine 112 mcg). Then the treatment process begins again... with a few added injections. 

If you cannot tell from the snap shot, I will be going in on Monday and Tuesday for an injection of Thyrogen. Basically, your body produces a hormone (TSH) that stimulates thyroid/thyroid cells and this injection will be two direct shots of this hormone to stimulate any thyroid cells that are left in my body so the radioactive iodine will be more drawn to these areas. (Basically WWIII will be going on in my neck.)


Then, on Wednesday, I will go in to take a pill of radioactive iodine. Compared to last time (30 MCI), I will only be taking 4 MCI. This is a huge difference when it comes to isolation. I will have to be away from pregnant women and babies for a few days after the treatment, but not 12 days, like the first treatment. (This is great because my third niece will be born any day!)

On the Friday of my treatment week, I will go in for another full body scan to watch my body light up like a neon Christmas tree. After the scan, I will go in for blood work and talk about the process with my endocrinologist. As he said today, this should be the end of the treatments, but we will not know 100% until the blood work is completed. 

Just as this process started, I have faith that God has it all under control. I am just thankful that He has given my doctors the knowledge to help me get 100% better. Not all cancer patients can say this, and I am so glad that I can. I feel like my story can help so many others going through this process. 

"With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."  Mark 10: 27


*What great relief to know that God has it all under control.