Forging ahead…
The results of the scans done on December 26, 2008, showed that the radiation from the therapy went where it was expected to go and nowhere else. That means it’s unlikely that the cancer spread beyond my thyroid.
I’ve been on synthroid (replacement thyroid hormone) since December 22 and most of the symptoms I experienced are now gone. I still get an occasional muscle cramp or ache, but nothing like I had been seeing.
My doctor noticed that I was taking a diuretic and said that this could be the cause for the muscle cramps I had been experiencing. I’ve been off the drug for several days and the cramps have almost vanished, which is a good thing as far as I’m concerned.
My next scheduled doctor visit is at the end of February, when I presume we’ll look at thyroid hormone levels and thyroglobulin levels to establish a baseline for the next treatment steps.