In September 2022 I was back at the Department of Nuclear Medicine in Brighton to commence a 2nd round of RadioIodine Treatment.
This department is interesting as there are various signs like “Caution Radioactive Materials”!
Having been through this before I knew the drill and was prepared for the required isolation period.
Following this treatment, the full body scan takes about 45 minutes, which is a long time to lie still whilst the scanner moves up and down your body, sometimes seeming to sandwich you even over your face and head.
I tried to relax and almost fall asleep!
It would be another 9 months, and then at the 12 month point that I would receive results.
Strangely, after gradually dropping over a period, the detectable thyroid seemed to have a quick final hoorah and the level raised briefly.
Eventually in early 2024, no further thyroid cells were detected and I was advised that I could consider myself “disease free” – good news indeed!
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