You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
Hi All, It seems really bizarre to be waiting for blood results and wanting them to come back abnormal!!! I had blood taken yesterday to check the TSH, Tg...
Hi Ruth, good luck with your blood test results. I too am waiting for mine to come back. I stop my thyroxine tomorrow and go onto T3 in preparation for my scan...
Thanks Karen, Its so hard not to get hung up on these things - so thanks for your reply! I will try and stay sensible about the results :) Hopefully I'll get...
Hi Ruth, they've not mentioned the LID this time, all the same I think I'll avoid seafood etc for 2 weeks. One thing I did notice is that they said in the...
Hi Karen I was told my scan after my rai treatment would take an hour but took less
time than that about 40 mins. Lynda ... From: karenjane35uk Date: 08/02/05...
Hi All, Just a quick update on Tom and a few questions. Tom is still doing well but his voice is really wispery. How long does this last? Also he keeps saying...
Hi Jenny, I had my RAI in March (2nd) and then next saw my doctors at the hospital in the April(19th). Since then I seem to be seeing them at 3 monthly...
Hi Karen, My scan after ablation lasted about 50 mins, one long scan for 40 mins and one short for 10 mins. She said my scan at six months would just be the 40...
Hi Jenny, My voice was funny for about a week, but i expect it varies. The nasty taste (mine was metallic) was in my mouth the whole time, not just when i was...
Hi, Jenny - Glad to read that Tom is doing well. If his whispery voice has been exacerbated by the RAI, it should clear up in a few days. If it's still...
Hi everyone, Got my results - TSH 16.24 Free T4 12 And no thyroglobulin result - unless it is called something else - anyone enlighten me? So I'm pleased that...
TOP 10 THINGS TO KNOW FOR POST RAI SALIVARY GLANDS 1) It's important to keep your saliva thin and flowing. It's hard to make the connection sometimes, but loss...
Hi Ruth, ... Congratulations on your *high* TSH and here's hoping you get the dose you want/need:) ... Thyroglobulin is usually abbreviated to Tg. Tg...
... Hi Jenny, I agree this is too long. I had to wait three months for my first follow-up appointment and I remember this as being probably the most stressful...
Hi Ruth, Thanks for the message, I phoned the hospital yesterday (Leeds). His doctor didn't even know that he had been through treatment! Hopefully an appt...
Thanks for that Judith. I phoned the surgery and right enough the thyroglobulin test gets sent away and will take 2 - 3 weeks to come back. It won't be in time...
Hi Katie, Thanks for the message, I phoned the hospital and expressed me concerns yesterday so hopefully I'll hear from his doc soon. P.s its nice to see your...
Hi Karen, Thanks for the message, I phoned his doc yesterday so I am hoping to hear something soon. I don't know the usual routine for starting t4 but they...
Hi Judith, Thanks for the message, the link is really helpful. I phoned his doc yesterday and expressed my concerns so I'll wait and hear from them. The doctor...
Has anyone noticed tiredness after RAI ?? I was on 200mg of T4 prior to RAI and felt fine, i had the thyrogen injections and didnt have to stop my T4 but since...
... doc ... them. The ... TT, they ... him ... Jenny, Glad you found it useful. Look forward to hearing how it goes. Sorry to hear Tom needs his T&A out but I...
I am on 150 thyroxine and still felt tired for awhile after my treatment.
The beginning of this week I was feeling more like my old self but am
feeling tired...
It took my hospital a month to write and tell me my thyroxine needed increasing to 175 so don't give up hope yet!! It's almost 3 weeks since I had my bloods...
Hi Karen, What about ringing your GP for the results? I think my GP now gets any blood results of mine emailed (or some other electronic way). Yours may be the...
Hi Ruth, I'm not really bothered about the results of this months tests as I am on T3 for 2 weeks at the moment in preparation for my tracer scan at the end of...
Hi all, You might be interested in a large study by American scientists into possible risk factors for thyroid cancer, which will be published shortly in the...
Thanks for that Judith. I've recently 'enrolled' on the Breakthrough Breast Cancer study that's available in the UK for women aged 18 -80. It sounds like a ...
... Hi Karen, Good for you! Sounds like a worthwhile study. Although as I mentioned earlier, the jury is still out as to whether there is a connection and ...
