Visit with the Radiologist

Today I saw the Radiologist for a consult and to find out when I will have the Radioactive Iodine done.  I waited for over an hour and a half before I could see the doctor...Not cool!  Anyways, it was a good visit, the Doctor is a bit odd, well, maybe moderately odd, lol, but he was nice and he was thorough, which is always appreciated. By me anyway. Basically in a nutshell I will be on a low-iodine diet for two weeks prior to the treatment and the week of treatment.  It's kinda a 3 day process before the actual treatment.  The blessing of this process is a series of two injections called Thyrogen that I will have to elevate a level of one of the thyroid hormones.  This is so I don't have to come off of my thyroid medication, which is MUCH appreciated.  The first 2 days you I'll have the Thyrogen injections, some blood work and a very small amount of iodine.  The small amount of iodine is given for day 3 when I will have a full body scan to see if there is uptake in any other places other than my neck region.  This gives the Doctor an accurate picture of what he's dealing with and that is how he determines the dosage.  So, the third day is the big day when I will actually receive the Radioactive Iodine. After that I will need to be "quarantined" for 3 days from adults and 7 days for children/pregnant people/anyone with a compromised immune system. The doctor feels fairly confident that I will just need a small dose because the majority of my final pathology report was so good, minus that 1 darn lymph node :) Something you guys can be praying about are peace for me, it's going to be REALLY hard for me to be away from my son for 7 days.  It will be hard to be away from my husband to, but I'm with Ethan nearly 24/7 so 7 days is kind of a daunting thought for me.  I'm sure he'll be fine! Thanks for your prayers!!!