Card Carrying Radioactive Member

It's a little hard to see, but its a little piece of paper that I have to carry with me for a few months if I travel outside of the country or go on a plane. You see, the radioactive material I drank could be detected. I thought it was rather amusing. I am a card carrying radioactive member!

I went in at 8am per the instructions so they could take more blood to see if I am pregnant (procedure if you're of child bearing age). I had my first dose of radioactive material & drank it through a straw. It tasted like water. I was told to come back at 12noon for my consult with the doctor before I took the larger dose.

Pete & I used that time to do a little shopping (anti-bacterial wipes) & had breakfast. We got back at noon. I went in & they checked my thyroid count via this cool machine (not sure how it all works). A normal thyroid works under 30%, my thyroid was working at 83% so defintely hyper as we all knew. However, the labs weren't completed on my bloodwork so they told me to come back at 2:30pm. Luckily home is close so we drove home to relax for a little while & so Pete could get some work done.

We got back to the office & I went back in. The doctor came in with a resident doctor. The resident doctor couldn't fully feel my thyroid so they went back & forth with me. Dr. Garcia showing the other doc the many ways to feel for the thyroid & the young doc taking his turn, I truly felt like a speciman at this point. Other than that, it was time to take the rest of the dose.

The dose tasted like well water, but overall I'm glad its done. I will see the doc in 6 weeks to see how things are going & get more lab work done. I shouldn't have any problems otherwise. Right now I am tired, but probably from traveling back from TC yesterday & going back & forth this morning.

Pete & I are avoiding each other, well, we have to stay at least 6 ft apart. I have the upstairs bed & bathroom & he'll take the downstairs for a few days. I get the futon & he gets the couch. Hopefully these next few days will fly by!

Thanks for all of the concern & well wishes!