RAI

Wow, today I feel really nauseous and my vision is pulsating.. Pretty weird being off the medicine for so long, it is starting to affect my body. Had my blood taken and my blood is very thick, never a problem.. Well the little gauze pad they tape on was full when I took it off at home! Sleeping is proving to be a challenge due to my limbs falling asleep. I like to sleep with my hand under the pillow, and now when I do it, my hand falls asleep - numb. So then I have to switch sides. My legs have been falling asleep too all the time.. Especially if I cross them. I am assuming this is due to bad circulation.. Which I never had so I am also assuming this is due to lack of thyroid hormone...I am not a complainey person, so for this stuff to grab my attention, it is bothering me. I am ok, at least it's not painful.. Other than the headache I've had for the past 4 days straight....

Looking for ward to taking the pill Tuesday and getting this over with!

Radioactive Iodine

Ok, well they have decided to give me this pill called Radio Active Iodine on November 16. I can't be home for days so it is going to be hard for me. I have been off the thyroid hormone for almost 2 weeks now. They plan to put me back on it after the RAI has run it's course. The purposeof this RAI is to blast away any remaining thyroid cancer cells in my body. I was told I couldn't cross the border during my time away because I would set off the alarms for high levels of radioactivity! Crazy stuff.. Not that I plan to cross a border, but could you imagine?! Getting detained! lol

I feel strange being off the medicine for these 2 weeks. My vision kinda pulsates at times and my limbs fall asleep all the time. I have had a headache, been a little nauseaus and my skin and hair have been acting strange.. Dry in a sense.. I am tired a lot, my joints feel numbish, or tickly sort of. It's hard to explain. Not pain, just strange. I can't wait to get this over with and get back on my Synthroid! This world of thyroid cancer is becoming my reality every day that passes. It's now who I am. I am a person who survived a cancer.