u/wecansingwecandance

I normally attend all my mom's appointments but missed two appointments and she is not really relaying very well what took place. She had a thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer recently, it's showing as stage 1 but she had some in the surrounding tissues after removal so they suggested ablation.

She went yesterday to nuclear medicine and said they gave her "radioactive iodine" like 8 pills 2 at a time. Then they did a scan on her and something about waving a machine over her throat and stomach that showed radiation output (but i don't know if the end was used today or yesterday). Then she went back today and took additional pills that were slightly larger in size that she keeps referring to as "nuclear." I told her radioactive and nuclear are the same per my understanding.

Her "mychart" visit states yesterday she was given sodium iodine i-123 and that for today they ordered "a dose of 50 mCi I-131 sodium iodide to be administered." She said they did another scan on her and one that takes special images from the side. She goes back next week to have another scan. They also told her that all her trash for the next 7 days (like food scraps) must be saved in a certain bag for 3 months before she can haul it off to the dump and I've never heard of that precaution.

I'm still not totally clear on when she can be around my child, either.

Everything I've found online says the ablation is done in one visit so I'm curious if anybody else had to go in 2 days in row?

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We are having to face the reality that our child will soon need scopes due to extremely high inflammation on fecal tests. I am dreading the clear liquid diet just as much or more than the bowel prep. I've seen some prep protocols say to give a light breakfast the day prior to the scope and other protocols say nothing is allowed at all. I'm not sure which will be easier on him. I know once I eat breakfast it kicks my metabolism on and I'm hungry more than when I skip.

My child likes to eat, he's very active and healthy (we thought) and loves food. He doesn't normally have diarrhea but I know to use barrier cream prior to the bowel prep and after each toilet visit. I can honestly deal with poop stuff but it's very emotional for me to think about hearing my child crying because he can't eat all day and I just dread that. We will also be hours away from home and in a motel during the prep time. We will have limited amount of toys and home comforts but we will pack as much as we can.

We bought some jello, something he normally doesn't care for or eats, just to try to start working on it being an option for that day. He normally lives on water for fluids and doesn't drink much else aside from almond milk which isn't clear. So I'll be buying juices and broths. But I'm mostly looking for your experience on how your child handled the whole prep day, what you wish you would have done differently, tips or tricks, Etc.

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We are having to face the reality that our child will soon need scopes due to extremely high inflammation on fecal tests. I am dreading the clear liquid diet just as much or more than the bowel prep. I've seen some prep protocols say to give a light breakfast the day prior to the scope and other protocols say nothing is allowed at all. I'm not sure which will be easier on him. I know once I eat breakfast it kicks my metabolism on and I'm hungry more than when I skip.

My child likes to eat, he's very active and healthy (we thought) and loves food. He doesn't normally have diarrhea but I know to use barrier cream prior to the bowel prep and after each toilet visit. I can honestly deal with poop stuff but it's very emotional for me to think about hearing my child crying because he can't eat all day and I just dread that. We will also be hours away from home and in a motel during the prep time. We will have limited amount of toys and home comforts but we will pack as much as we can.

We bought some jello, something he normally doesn't care for or eats, just to try to start working on it being an option for that day. He normally lives on water for fluids and doesn't drink much else aside from almond milk which isn't clear. So I'll be buying juices and broths. But I'm mostly looking for your experience on how your child handled the whole prep day, what you wish you would have done differently, tips or tricks, Etc.