Help - Got Dx Friday With Hyperthyroid Disease

[littlemyrn]

As some of you are aware I have posted that my weight has been dropping, I assumed it was because of the limited amount of food we IC'ers can eat and stress (going through divorce, etc.) well I finally went to my internist on Wednesday and he did a lot of blood work. For one I have hyperthyroid disease and low sodium and phosphate.

I have to go asap to an endocrinologist (sp) which I will make that appt. on Monday (their office was closed on Friday). My question is, has anyone out there had this and did the radioactive iodine that is ususally used to treat this going to send me into the flares of all flares???????

I have been so ill this week, can not get off couch,etc. At least we now have something or know what it is and it can be treated.

LET ME HERE FROM ANYONE THAT HAS THIS, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

[holles]

i had the radioactive iodine ablation done twice (didn't work the first time) in 1999. i did not have IC at the time, but i don't think it will cause a problem. your thyroid will absorb most of it.

they will caution you to avoid close contact with people for a few days and to flush the toilet a few times after you use it. i had to use disposable plates and utensils and wash my sheets and clothes separately as well for a week.

i didn't have any side effects. just got bored out of my mind staying away from work (i work with kids, so i couldn't be around them).

good luck. you should start noticing a change in your weight and how you feel overall in a few months. be careful though. i continued to eat the way i had been when i was severely hyperthyroid and ended up gaining 45 pounds. it wasn't too bad because i started at 90 pounds anyway. but it happened fast.