Update on Treatment

Today I had my full body scan and received my dose of I-131.  The scan showed that I did have some cancerous activity in the remaining thyroid tissue so they gave me a larger dose to make sure it gets taken care of.  I have a week of safety precautions now and am all set up for that.  I'm feeling better about it than I was this morning.  It's just scary.  I know everything will be alright eventually.  Well, not KNOW.  Just being positive.  I've met several people who have been through this that ended up having multiple surgeries over the years and there are other complications like permanent vocal cord damage, other cancers, and spreading.  I will be getting scans every 6 months and then every year to try to prevent that.  I found out yesterday that Roger Ebert no longer can speak because of all his surgeries for thyroid cancer.  There are actually several celebrities who have endured this type of cancer.  I am finding that the support group I went to has helped me to get more in touch with the real feelings associated with all of this instead of the ones patients often put out there to make other people feel comfortable or rather not feel uncomfortable.  That is a blessing for me to be able to just exist in the room with the other survivors and not even have to speak, and we just know how each other feels.  :)