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What are the risks of radioactive iodine after total thyroidectomy for cancer?

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See list: -metallic taste in your mouth. -dry mouth. -sore throat. -neck pain. Radioactive iodine treatment can make your neck swell up or hurt. -nausea or vomiting, which is usually mild. -constipation or diarrhea. -fatigue.

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Answered 4/25/2016

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No undue risk: Rarely tender salivary glands but no risk other cancer from it it has become standard care in us even for children.

Answered 12/26/2012

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How long after a complete thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine until you get your stamina back? My surgery was october 19, 2010 and ri was done nov 30

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6 weeks after thyroidectomy tall cell free t4 2.1 tsh 0.71 tg less than 0.1 tgab less than 1.8 have not had radioactive iodine. Are these numbers good and Is it normal to have these numbers if no rai? 8mm tumor 2 nodes of 2 taken distant metastisis?

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Why is it necessary to avoid iodine before radioactive iodine 131 therapy for cancer?

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Can a wbs after radioactive iodine identify other tumors elsewhere in body? What info is determined after this scan in those with thyroid cancer?

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Radioactive iodine for thyroid cancer? How does this work? Where do they inject it? Will it make me radioactive? How can I live without a thyroid? I need this explained in simple words.

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