SCANS

I’ve had 3 scans in the past week. For the most part, everything looks normal. The purpose of the scans is to see where the radioactive iodine went in my body. I had some uptake in my neck which is normal. I also had some uptake in my stomach area which is why I had to get repeat scans. The scans showed that there is some RAI (this is the term used for radioactive iodine) stuck in my intestinal area. They are not sure if it is just making its way out of my body or if there was some thyroid tissue in my pelvic area that the pill was attacking. Either way, nothing changes. If the pill was attacking thyriod tissue there, that is a good thing. That was the purpose of the pill. If the pill is just making it’s way out of my body, that is fine too.

So what now? 6 months from now I have another scan. They will give me a tracer dose of RAI to see where it goes. if it goes back to the small intestine area then there would be reason to suspect there is thyroid tissue there that needs more radioactive iodine treatment……

I told Joe, this whole thing has been different than anything I’ve ever experienced. With everything else in life there seems to be a definite ending. When you are pregnant, the ending is a baby. When you break a bone, the completion is getting the cast off. When you have cancer, the ending is just walking out of a doctors appointment and going back for checkups every month and then every 3 months, and then every 6 months, and then 1 time a year. So I’m kindof done but kindof not. It would have been nice to get a sticker on Tuesday that said “Good Job” or something to mark the completion of all of this.

So that is my update. I’m not allowed to get pregnant for a year. The radioactive iodine treatment could cause a baby to have serious problems if I didn’t wait to get pregnant. Working on being content with the children God has given me and not “wanting” more right now. That may sound wierd to some of you…. don’t know how to explain it other than one of the hardest parts of all of this for me has been not being able to have any more children for a while. God knows best. Working at yielding my desires to Him.

Our family is on a mini vacation with Joe’s parents for a few days in Greensburo NC. It’s a happening place for those of you that were wondering. It’s the new Charleston. Sometimes it’s nice to just get away from the routine of life and get in the van with the family for some down time.