#radioactive iodine treatment

[completelyshatteredbrokenmschf]

It's been 72 hrs on i31 radioactive iodine, I have to stay 6' away from everyone in my family, I can’t sleep with my partner, I can't hug my kids.

I feel so isolated and touch starved and I have 4 more days of this. I guess I am just feeling sorry for myself. Better this than my cancer comin back. But... I'm lonely. I'm sad. This sucks.

[atassociation12]

https://www.thyroid.org/

The American Thyroid Association® (ATA) is the professional home for clinicians and researchers dedicated to thyroid health. Learn more and join us.

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

ppl will go “i’d notice if society was going to sacrifice a marginalised group of people and if they said that it’s ok that a bunch of people would die then i would stand against it” and then they’ll hear people saying “well only disabled and vulnerable people will die of covid” and go “yes this is normal and ok and fine”

[hormonesclinics]

Common Symptoms and Treatment Options for Thyroid Disorders

Introduction:

The thyroid gland plays a crucial role in regulating various bodily functions. When it malfunctions, it can lead to thyroid disorders. In this blog post, we will explore the common symptoms of thyroid disorders and discuss the available treatment options to manage this condition effectively.

1. Understanding Thyroid Disorders:

The thyroid gland produces hormones that control metabolism, energy levels, and growth. Thyroid disorders can manifest in two main forms: hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Hypothyroidism occurs when the gland does not produce enough hormones, while hyperthyroidism results from excessive hormone production.

2. Common Symptoms of Thyroid Disorders:

Fatigue and weakness

Weight changes

Mood swings and irritability

Hair loss

Temperature sensitivity

3. Diagnosis and Testing:

Accurate diagnosis of thyroid disorders involves comprehensive medical testing, including blood tests to measure hormone levels and thyroid imaging. It is essential to consult a healthcare professional for proper evaluation and interpretation of the test results.

4. Treatment Options for Thyroid Disorders:

Treatment for thyroid disorders depends on the specific condition and its severity. Common treatment options include:

Medication: Synthetic hormones to replace or regulate thyroid function.

Radioactive iodine therapy: Used to reduce the activity of an overactive thyroid.

Surgery: Removal of part or all of the thyroid gland in certain cases.

5. Lifestyle Modifications for Managing Thyroid Disorders:

In addition to medical interventions, certain lifestyle modifications can help manage thyroid disorders effectively. These include:

Balanced diet: Focus on foods rich in iodine, selenium, and zinc.

Regular exercise: Promotes overall well-being and helps regulate metabolism.

Stress management: Stress reduction techniques such as meditation and yoga.

Sufficient sleep: Aim for 7-9 hours of quality sleep per night.

Conclusion:

Thyroid disorders can significantly impact an individual's quality of life, but with early recognition and appropriate treatment, they can be effectively managed. By understanding the symptoms and exploring the available treatment options, individuals can take proactive steps toward maintaining their thyroid health. Remember to consult a healthcare professional for personalized advice and guidance.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.hormoneclinic.in/

[l3irdl3rain]

My mom actually had to go through the same treatment for grave's disease (aka Extremely Hyperactive Thyroid)! The thyroid absorbs iodine to produce its hormones, but it can't distinguish between regular and radioactive iodine. In my mom's case, it destroyed enough of her thyroid to give her hypothyroidism. That can be managed with a perscription for synthetic hormones your thyroid produces & some bloodwork to make sure the hormone levels are where they should be. It makes sense that it can be used to destroy thyroid tumors too. Hope you don't mind me sharing this! I just think it's super fascinating! I hope everything goes well for Persephone & that the both of you are doing okay!

For anyone curious!! And yeah, becoming hypothyroid was really the only bad side effect I could find. And that sounds like it’s relatively uncommon (at least for cats)

[vvormooze]

Hey everyone!

Please share if you can and it would be even better if you can help out!

This is Teddy Bear he is my best friends childhood cat who has recently turned 13! He recently got diagnosed with hyperthyroidism and after months of trying different medications and treatments, the vet has now recommended radioactive iodine therapy and this will cost her up to $3,500

Being a full time college student this just isn't feasible on her own so she has made this g0fund to try and get some help

Again please share if you can and even bigger if you can help out as this is such a sweet sweet boy who I hate see go through this ❤️❤️❤️❤️

https://gofund.me/8eeb72f6

[labete-du-gevaudan]

My heart is breaking because I get my radioactive iodine treatment tomorrow. Like, whatever it’s the second time I’ve done that. But I’ll have to be in isolation from my pets (and from humans) for 14 days. 😭 I don’t know how I’m going to manage being away from my babies for so long. It’s gonna be so lonely.

[mr-clow]

Kal’Hal notes on a human ship. Part 2:

Laffite woke up a few moments earlier than her alarm told her to. She rolled around the bed for a while, thinking about yesterday's events and stretching her torso. She felt the air going out between her ribs. Kal’Hals had evolved from an aquatic world, and they could breathe water or air, their gills having evolved into pseudo lungs, their hands with palmed fingers and a powerful tail connected where humans would have legs. Her big blue eyes with no white to sight, something that humans had and still looked weird to her, panned the room, and she saw a small package on the floor in front of the door. She unrolled her tail and with the full length of it she reached the box and put it on her bed…

I opened the box, inside the first I saw was a colourful paper with some kind of human animal that was saying get well soon. I looked kinda cute, but I didn’t get any reference if there was any and Mag had signed it. Below I found a card with a clip attached to a paper that explained that is a long term sensor to check the radiation received and that humans use it when they work in radioactive environments (They really work in radioactive places!) and also below there were some pills. The paper explained that it was something humans used in case they got poisoned, but I should check if Potassium Iodide was bad for my health, something even I didn’t know. Below all that I found a small device that I recognized, it was a radiation sensor. Maggie really tried and I was glad.

I had met humans before, even if a lot of other species treated them as wild dangerous creatures, Kal’Hal knew better. Both species had an early relationship and for more than a thousand human cycles they had been supporting each other. Humans could be extremely loyal given the same treatment, and that didn’t include their pack bond. I have never been included in a human pack, but some people said that there was no safer place in the universe than being included and surrounded by a human pack. I wondered if this box was only a form of respect, or if it was a sign that they had started to include me in their pack.

After that, I took the time to moisturise my skin and change my clothes, my world was way more humid than earth and I needed to keep myself healthy. After that I took the things from the box, read the instructions again and searched about those pills on my way to the mess hall.

When I reached the mess hall my face was showing quite the concern, those pills could shut down several of my organs, technically I had a blister of poison in my hand. Maggie waved a hand, she was having breakfast with Bill who was in charge of the engineering department, Rose and Raúl, both of them colleagues also from the same department. I waved back, took a tray and served myself some food. Most leaves from the human world, some processed seeds and various teas were fit for my consumption, so I chose peppermint tea and a light salad. Most humans wouldn’t eat this at this hour, but the cook knew my taste, so I gave him a nod and an imitation of a smile, he smiled back, and I went to sit with Maggie.

Maggie asked how I was, and I explained that I still felt uncomfortable, but I was willing to give it a try and thank her for all the things she got me. Bill explained that everyone room in the engineering department had helped and that they had asked in the Med bay for the pills. My face turned with worry and Raúl asked what happened. I took the time to explain that iodine was poisonous to a lot of species and turned back the pills. They apologised, and then the conversation turned to other things from work, and I felt relaxed. Maybe they were starting to include me in their pack.

I went back to help Maggie assemble the reactor we were working on the last day. The job hasn’t advanced too much, but I noticed some tools that weren’t here yesterday. “Maggie, why did you bring all this?” While I checked a welding equipment that I haven’t seen before. “Yesterday, after I left the box in your room, I came back here and checked all the boltholes and filled the ones that had more diameter than they should. You shouldn’t worry any more for this” Her face had a smile but with an expression I didn’t knew. “Thanks Maggie, I appreciate all this. Anyways the sensor you gave me didn’t go off even in here, so I’m starting to feel more secure” I took the sensor from my belt and showed it to her. “Ehhh Laff, I don’t want to scare you, but you checked that it was set to your standards? It is really sensitive, but you have to program it” I looked at her, then at the sensor, and it was true, the threshold was set to 1mSv, lower than a human needs it but higher than I was comfortable. I changed it and when I pressed OK the sensor went off automatically. I looked at her worried and she took my hand and led me outside. “How low did you set it, Laff?” She asked with a worried look on her face. “Not too low, only 0.01mSv” and she put the same smile from before, “Oh hon, that won't do. Why don’t you try 0.4mSv at least, remember what I said yesterday. Earth is slightly radioactive, humans are, and this ship also is human made. Nobody got hurt before with even more than that, so let's try that.” I nodded slowly, I didn’t like it, but I knew she was right and changed the alarm. It stopped, and I exhaled, she took my hand again, and slowly we went inside the room, it didn’t sound again.

All that day I was distracted, but Maggie chatted as usual, and she gave me some simpler tasks, so I could entertain myself. At the end of the shift I went out to the mess hall with Maggie and when we sat down I looked at her and Bill “Yesterday you told me that humans knew how much radiation makes you sick, it’s that true?” Bill and Maggie looked at me with a serious face. Bill took a breath to start speaking, but Maggie spoke first. “Look Laff, we are not proud of explaining this to you, but I consider you my friend and I think it is fair to explain you some of our history”

[eopederson2]

Seattle high rises, 2019.

Seeing this picture, I realized that I have not been in Seattle, my native city and home for a number of years, since 2019. A combination of other trips, COVID-19, and obligations elsewhere in the PNW can be blamed. A planned 2024 Spring trip had to be cancelled when we discovered our 17 year old cat had hyperthyroidism and needed radioactive iodine treatments. He seems to be recovering, but now we have a long planned trip to Eastern Europe on the horizon, so it will be October before a visit is possible. As all who have lived in the Puget Sound region know well, October can offer wonderful weather or 31 days of rain and gloom, so we are undecided about a trip.

[cellsshapedlikestars]

Beauregard is in quarantine after his radioactive iodine treatment, and he needs to be in there for 2 weeks. I'm allowed 5 minutes a day with him, and that includes the time I have to use to refill food & water and clean the litterbox (with flushable litter because his waste is radioactive).

We are on day 4 of this and he has been screaming almost nonstop that whole time. The first 2 days were worse, but even now he'll start randomly screaming for 10+ minutes at a time (especially when I dare to move and he hears me). There is nothing I can do about this and I feel like I'm slowly going insane listening to him howl. He screams all night long. Even through two closed doors, I can hear him. I can hear him in every part of my house. I didn't plan anything this weekend because I was like "oh I want to be home for him <3" only now I want to get out of this house so I don't have to hear it anymore. Like I've been trying to write, but I literally can't concentrate when he's yowling, and my guilt about it is sucking up all my creative energy.

It's kind of cute, though, that sophie will lay outside his door

[ameliagiovanna0]

Long story short, I was blindsided by a papillary thyroid cancer diagnosis two days ago. It's stage one and ridiculously treatable, but it's a hell of a thing to take in right now

Last week, I had surgery to remove the middle and right lobe of my thyroid because of some growing and uncomfortable nodules. Well, those nodules and the surrounding lymph nodes turned out to be cancerous.

I go back in for surgery on Jan 26 to have the rest of my thyroid (and cancer) removed. I have to wait for the swelling from my first surgery to subside before we do it again. Then, I start radioactive iodine therapy. I don't know what that entails yet. But I have a wonderful doctor and support system (aka my mom). I'm so thankful it was caught as early as it was. Not exactly how I wanted to spend 2024, but oh well.

Surgery, treatment, and post-op hormone regulation will probably be hell for a while. But eventually, I'll be fine. It's just a lot. Especially on top of already having six other chronic illnesses. Something tells me I'm going to be in for a rough ride for a while.

Even now, I had to tell my bosses, and saying "I have cancer" out loud feels so weird. I don't even know if it's sunk in yet. Granted, it's only been like 48 hours

[wrenhavenriver]

we get to pick up the bunnycat from his radioactive iodine treatment today!! will keep everyone posted if he develops any new superpowers

[nocompromise-noregrets]

20 questions for fic writers

The impossibly lovely @mihrsuri tagged me in this a couple of weeks ago, and I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get round to it - but I find myself in need of distraction, just a little bit, as Last Cat Standing is in the veterinary hospital getting his radioactive iodine treatment for his thyroid, and we can't have him back for maybe ten days as he's going to be somewhat radioactive for a little while; I'm sure he's going to be fine (this is the treatment described to me by the treating vet as both 'the gold standard' and 'magical', in that it's effective in 99.5% of cases, and in the 0.5% it isn't, they just give it another go and then it's effective), but we haven't had an entirely cat-free house for this long in 20 years, and I'm feeling a bit weird about it. Also I'm procrastinating finishing off an essay plan (I'd rather just write the damn essay but no, we have to submit a plan for tutor feedback to make sure we're on the right lines, and as you all know by now, that's really not how I work XD )

1. How many works do you have on Ao3? 362 (plus another 76 on the other account for the fandom that does not speak its name...)

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 1,491,388 (good grief; nearly 1.5 million?! and if you add in the 270,606 on the other account, that's 1,761,994 O.O )

3. What fandoms do you write for? Tolkien (chiefly the Hobbit movies, and LotR, a mix of movie and book-'verse); King Arthur (2004); Fisherman's Friends (fandom of one); The Alienist (TV; occasionally); Marvel (occasionally, chiefly bits of the MCU and X-Men comics/Evolution); Top Gun (here and there) - and a bewildering number of others...

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? My Heart Is An Empty Vessel (621); Shape Up (422); Safe (414); Not Alone (413); The Unworn Jumpers of Molly Weasley (343)

This is bewildering but also a fine illustration of the vagaries of AO3 and the absolute folly of measuring anything by the amount of kudos a fic has: Empty Vessel is three and a half years old, took two years to post and has 115 chapters, so was at the top of the tag many many times over those two years. Shape Up and Safe were written and posted not long after Top Gun: Maverick came out (I don't know how busy the tag still is, but it was very busy when the film came out so the fics in that fandom got a lot of interaction because a lot of people were there looking for fics) and are both one-shots. Not Alone is also a one-shot (for X-Men: Evolution) and has been up on AO3 for nearly twelve years (and has had a bit of a boost with the release of X-Men '97). And Unworn Jumpers (on which I really ought to put some sort of disclaimer, along with the small handful of other ancient HP fics I've got up there) is a seasonal one-shot that's been up for over ten years and tends to get a bit of a boost every December. So *shrugs* go figure. And if anyone wants to help the only HP fic in the top five not be in the top five any more, Come Home is only 36 behind it, and it is fluffy and cute and has Elrohir persuading Maglor to come to Imladris for Midwinter somewhat in the guise of the Elfling he hasn't been for a very long time... :D

5. Do you respond to comments? Yes. Sometimes it takes me a while (oh god six months, but I got up to speed with them all and now I'm trying to make sure I do it within a week) as I am a champion procrastinator but I feel it's important for me to say thank you. And sometimes squee a bit. :D And sometimes it makes me a new friend, which is extra-awesome.

I have a few very very old comments on the stuff I posted before 2020 which I never did get round to answering, which I feel bad about, but I also feel like it would be weird to go back and answer them now...I dunno, what do you guys think?

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? I don't do angsty endings very often, but The Last Watch (in which Bard dies) is really sad, and Never Forgotten and See This Storm Through (in which Sigrid and Thranduil comfort each other after the funeral, and Legolas comes home to Dale to look after his father and his family and grieve with them, respectively) are almost as sad although they both end with a small amount of hope.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Ah, most of my fics end happily :D I'm far too tired for anything but, most of the time, these days. But let's face it, My Heart Is An Empty Vessel ends with a coronation and a wedding (spoiler alert! XD ) so let's go for that one.

8. Do you get hate on fics? I am lucky; the closest I've had was some anon complaining about Empty-Handed being a spoiler for the then-unposted Empty Vessel although the events it 'spoiled' were inevitable in the context of a mortal-immortal relationship, and someone whingeing in a bookmark comment that Thorin and Bilbo don't even talk until the end of Mr Underhill's Finest Seafood Specialities, thus completely missing the point of the fic (and the 'past' after the pairing tag) - it wasn't about them - which made me chuckle as much as the rudeness annoyed me.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Sometimes. I have phases when I feel like it, and (much longer) phases when I don't. It's generally only fairly tame and euphemistic (with the single and solitary exception of that one hanahaki fic about the twins the premise for which, although not the smut, came to me in a dream) and probably not all that imaginative since, as the acest of aces, the whole idea completely bewilders me XD

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? Not unless you count various different parts of the Tolkien legendarium. My brain just doesn't work that way.

11. (there doesn't seem to be a question 11; I feel like this might be one of those Tumblr traditions, as I've definitely done question memes on here before that have been lacking in a question 11...)

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? I have! I am deeply honoured that my KA fic Anniversaries was translated into Russian by Elenabu some years ago, and It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like... appears on Lofter in Mandarin, translated by AntheaXi. There were a couple of other Russian translations of some of my very old stories, but that was 15 or 20 years ago and I can't actually remember which or where.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? I have! A long long time ago, the fic that eventually became the original novel that is Two of a Kind, the tale of Hal and Jack, was a co-production, and I really enjoy bouncing ideas back and forth - and of course, there is the Tudors OT3-'verse fandom stuff that @mihrsuri and I have been pinging to and fro just recently, which is also hugely enjoyable. :D :D :D

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? Oh, too many to name! Gawain/Galahad from KA2004, the bi widower dads, Legolas/Imrahil, Elladan/Elrohir, Erestor/Glorfindel, Sigrid/Tauriel, to name but a few.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? I am determined to finish All I Want Is You. I am also determined to finish part whatever it is now of It's Always Been You, although that's been on the back burner for a long long time. There's one WIP on the other account which I'm also determined to finish although who knows if I'll ever get there. I'm not one for saying never, though. I was out of Tolkien fandom for 16 years, and after the fandom that does not speak its name fizzled out, I genuinely thought I'd never write again. And yet...here I am.

16. What are your writing strengths? Ooooh, I dunno. Spelling, punctuation and grammar, dialogue, leavening the serious romantic stuff with a bit of humour, kindness and love for the characters and settings, happy endings and quite a lot of fluff. :D

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Plot. XD Can't plot to save my life.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? Only when necessary for character reasons, and always provide a translation. Otherwise you're shutting out readers who don't understand (unless it's not important that they actually understand precisely what's being said as long as they get the gist).

19. First fandom you wrote for? Knowingly? X-Men (comics), and that fic is here, although I posted it ten-odd years after first posting it to ff.net.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? All of them. I cannot possibly choose.

Thank you so much for the tag, lovely! Entirely no-obligation tags go to @lemurious, @verecunda, @writerman, @scary-grace, @seagull-energy, @herawell, @thenookienostradamus, @sallysavestheday, @myeaglesong, @palavapeite, @bigneonglitter, @bishkebab, @peonybroadbeltofbuckland, @redeemer46, @spiced-wine-fic and anyone else who wants to do this - if you see this and fancy it, please consider yourself well and truly tagged!

[skylerlovesyou]

help a disabled butch and their butch household out, if you feel inclined.

i’m on the low iodine diet right now to prepare for treatment, and it’s hell. i’m so ready to eat normal foods again.

[positively--body]

I saw a selfie from ten years ago I took at my skinniest (after radioactive iodine treatment), and even though I've never been formerly diagnosed, I'm pretty sure I had/have an eating disorder. I'll elaborate later.