So... I did my 4 days of isolation at my sister's and came home late last night. My kids were waiting in their beds to say "hi" and see that I am doing OK. I gave them a quick hug each and sat in the hallway between all of their rooms to chat with them for a few minutes. My heart hurt, just knowing I couldn't kiss them, or snuggle them. I wanted to climb in bed with them all and spend the night just holding them! My little one cried herself to sleep... it broke my heart! Guess she missed me too!

I was able to stop the low iodine diet. What a relief! The last day was the hardest! They didn't tell me that there were side effects to RAI. I woke up and couldn't breathe very well, my throat was tight, my voice very deep as if I had a bad cold and my stomach as really upset. That was fun... not! I am a few days out and I still have some swelling in my throat, guess it depends on how much thyroid tissue is left. My stomach is a little queasy at times, not sure why that is, but it is better than trying to gag down anything I have burned myself out on with the diet. I can live with it!

It's hard to remember to not do everything like normal, since I still have to be careful with what I eat on, not fixing food (oh darn!) and using the same bathroom... ect. I am totally looking forward to the next stage.... thyroid therapy!! Energy... oh, how I've missed you! I think they should give you a bracelet that can let you know when you are safe from giving anyone around you Radioactive whatever! I want something that says.... YES! You are safe to be near your little ones again! Is that too much to ask? They just send you out there with loose guidelines. I say loose because I get a different version from every source I look at! These should be standard... same for everyone who gets RAI. And, spell it out for me... in great detail! LOL!

But... for now, I will just be happy to be off my diet, I will be happy to "see" my kids, I will be happy to be home, and I will be happy to be heading towards the finish line! I am alive, I am almost well, I am surviving!!!

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