Pat, I wish you the best with the RAI, both external and internal. I have never had external beam, but I have had internal twice and confined to hospital restrictions until a certain amount came out of my body. Will you be staying in this special place when you go for the internal? When I was in the hospital, all lead lined room, of which I understand at that time that Boston only had 2 of these rooms, the staff was very careful explaining it all and how I would have to do things. I was told at that time that the more water you drink the faster the RAI comes out of your body, and I wasn't allowed home until the Geiger counter said I had only a certain amount left. So, all said and done I proceeded with the procedure, and maybe after your's is all done we can compare notes. Don't overdrink the water though as you don't want to dehydrate (by going to the bathroom more often).
My experience was quite funny in a way, as my room was on the heart floor, and I was on a very strict diet and couldn't eat fish at all. The cook in that dept. insisted that I had to eat more fish as that is good for heart patients, and by the time my husband and the dr. finally got through to the kitchen staff that I was not there for heart but for RAI, it was just about time for me to go home and all I ate was fresh fruit and one hard boiled egg still in the shell as I insisted that they leave it in the shell because I didn't want any salt or sodium on anything. Well, I got a call from the kitchen chiding me on that I am only allowed one egg a week being in the heart ward, and I replied that I haven't had an egg for a year because at that time they were saying that the yolks were bad for you. Even today, I make about one omelette about every 6 months and that's our quota of eggs in this household.
I will be interested to hear all about your experience--as you have found out, it's quite a trip to get to the end of the tunnel, and my prayers are with you that this will take care of the problem. You're a strong women, and just keep thinking positive. I am very proud to know you, if even only by www.
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Pat, I wish you the best with the RAI, both external and internal. I have never had external beam, but I have had internal twice and confined to hospital restrictions until a certain amount came out of my body. Will you be staying in this special place when you go for the internal? When I was in the hospital, all lead lined room, of which I understand at that time that Boston only had 2 of these rooms, the staff was very careful explaining it all and how I would have to do things. I was told at that time that the more water you drink the faster the RAI comes out of your body, and I wasn't allowed home until the Geiger counter said I had only a certain amount left. So, all said and done I proceeded with the procedure, and maybe after your's is all done we can compare notes. Don't overdrink the water though as you don't want to dehydrate (by going to the bathroom more often).
My experience was quite funny in a way, as my room was on the heart floor, and I was on a very strict diet and couldn't eat fish at all. The cook in that dept. insisted that I had to eat more fish as that is good for heart patients, and by the time my husband and the dr. finally got through to the kitchen staff that I was not there for heart but for RAI, it was just about time for me to go home and all I ate was fresh fruit and one hard boiled egg still in the shell as I insisted that they leave it in the shell because I didn't want any salt or sodium on anything. Well, I got a call from the kitchen chiding me on that I am only allowed one egg a week being in the heart ward, and I replied that I haven't had an egg for a year because at that time they were saying that the yolks were bad for you. Even today, I make about one omelette about every 6 months and that's our quota of eggs in this household.
I will be interested to hear all about your experience--as you have found out, it's quite a trip to get to the end of the tunnel, and my prayers are with you that this will take care of the problem. You're a strong women, and just keep thinking positive. I am very proud to know you, if even only by www.
Hugs and prayers,
Bernie
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