This morning I went back to nuclear medicine at Memorial for my follow up full body scan. They check to make sure that the I-131 that I received last Thursday is localized in the neck area and mine was. It is just where it should be. This stuff is long lasting and will keep on working for up to 3 months with the dose that I received. Hopefully by the time I have my next scan in December they will say that I do not need an additional dose. Time will tell.
In the mean time I have a diagnostic mammogram scheduled for August 4th and a follow up appointment with Dr. Ansari August 21st. On September 2nd I have a follow up appointment with my endocrinologist, Dr. Tachman and prior to that appointment a blood test to check out my TSH, Free T3 and T4 (don’t even know what that is…) and also my thyroglobulin. I hope to see that number drastically reduced. I suppose that would mean that there is less thyroid tissue and hopefully no more cancer cells left. There is so much I don’t know and understand. I have received an education about things I would rather not know about and that is as honest as I can be.
I do intend to occasionally blog as there are updates to report although now they will be further apart.
I Corinthians 10:13 (BECK)
You can trust God. He will not let you be tested more than you can stand. But when you are tested, He will also make a way out so that you can bear it.
It has been a long haul but God has been faithful each step of the way and I know he will continue to be!! He can’t be otherwise.
Love,
Carmel
Carmel….. my computer crashed! I have just found your blog again…… please send me your email address again! I have just gone back through your blog, trying to catch up with what’s going on…..