When I had my radioactive iodine I stayed in the hospital for 2 days. They used a "geiger counter" to test the levels of radiation in me, before letting me leave.I have never heard it used the way they are doing to you. Good luck
I see in your post at the bottom that you have had recurrent cancer in 06 &possibly in 08...how did youfind out...tests,etc. & then what did your dr. reccomend? This is the FIRST time I've heard of such stuff.......needless to say he said it was a very easy surgery... if it is so easy how come me & nobody else have heard of it... I can't fing anything about it on the internet either. ***@****
It IS surgery...so my surgeon says... he says he'll give me a dose of radiation & then take out the isthmus & everything that beeps (using a type of radiation geiger counter)
Radiation from an I-131 scan often shows up in the salivary glands, liver, bladder, and intestines as it is expelled from your body.
I've never heard of having another surgery to find residual cancers - if it will absorb iodine, why don't they just give you a high dose of I-131 instead???
Utahmomma
papillary carcinoma '03
recurrence and RAI '06 and possibly '08
Is it surgery or Radioactive iodine treatment?