thyroide papilar cancer

[zoky]

Dear All,
could someone help ... Due to thyroide papilar cancer (T1N1Mx) thyreoidectomia totalis was done. Last week they measured thyroglobulin (115). Yesterday I got 130 I131. It looks like a long way for me to come to level of thyroglbulin lower then 2. Has someone experience? For how long I have to stay away from my daughter (3 years old). Thanks:-)

[Mark Lupo, M.D.]

The role of the I-131 is to eliminate the remnant thyroid tissue and treat residual cancer.  With at Tg of 115 there was likely a fair amount of residual tissue and it will be very important to have the scan of the entire body (which should be planned for 5-10 days after the I-131 treatment) to make sure there was not spread outside the neck.  I-131 can be very effective at decreasing Tg levels.

The 3 year old should be separate from you for at least 1-2 days (by 6 feet (2 meters) or more distance).  The most important part is to not share same bed for about 2-3 weeks.  You should check with the physician who gave the the radiation to confirm these restrictions.

[zoky]

Many thnaks for the answer. We'we sharing same bad which we are not going to do next weeks...Body scan in planned to be on Wednesday (6th day after RAI). My onko said new Tg are going to be measured not earlier then 3 months after RAI. Not easy to wait such a long time:-( I have to be patient. Hope Tg decreasing trend will be visible.