pythorlh's Journal: How I learned to stop worrying and love radiation

Today was the day. The Scan. And I had The Scan, and it hurt. the first part was OK, but the last picture they did required me to lay still with my neck extended and my chin up as far as possible. Given that I already had a headache with tons of pressure in the back of my neck, this position was excruciating. Uggh.

After The Scan is the take up. Which was scary, because the numbers are right there for you to see, but you don't know what they mean. My take up in my neck was roughly 35,000 counts per minute. What exactly they counted I don't know. However, the take up in my leg was only 20,000 cpm, so I was worried. The whole point of this exercise is to prove that I don't have any thyroid tissue left, and that didn't seem to match the obvious difference in numbers. I was somewhat hopeful to see a number on the chart, which I assume was from last year, which was 1.5 million cpm. But I was still expecting the worst.

Doc comes out, says test is negative, come back next year. Oh, and you can go back to your regular diet and meds.

Yeah! I can eat again!

Previously, they told me I'd have to wait until Monday to get results, and I was not looking forward to the weekend. Now, I'm just fine. Still tired, so I'm going to nap now, but happy.

P.S. - I'm almost considering deleting the last journal. I think a lot of the depression and frustration I expressed is just a result of the reduced meds. I certainly hope so. We'll give it a couple weeks and see how I do.

YAY

[SolemnDragon]

i am really, really happy about this- thank you for sharing it. You were so due for some good news.

Thank you, by the way, for sparing some thoughts for me- i appreciate the things that you've had to say on those occasions that you chime in, and i know from speaking to others that i am not the only one who values what you write. So keep sharing, when you feel up to it?

I celebrate this glad tidings.

Re:YAY

[pythorlh]

I really did need it. And thank you for responding. The communication I get here is almost all I have these days. I work all day, but the people I work with are not friends. My one friend is very busy in his life right now, and I just haven't had energy to go to him. I've been seeking more communication online, because I'm starving, and it hasn't really come as much as I hoped. But I will keep trying. Every kind response gives me a little more energy to go on with.

On a related note, my personal congr

Glad to hear the test came out negative

[Degrees]

BTW - I really like your .sig (the full version). I've long been a fan of RAH.