I was told that I could eat a regular diet after the third day of taking RAI. They said that by that time all of the cells that were going to take up the RAI had already taken up. I ate my regular diet after the full three days because I didn't feel that it would do any good to stay on LID if that was the amount of time the RAI would absorb. Staying on the diet after that point would be a personal choice.
My ENDO told me to resume normal diet and to start thyroid replacement med AFTER the whole body scan which is exactly one week from my RAI :( not what I hoped for but it is what it is....LOL
Joined: Oct 2010
I was told that I could eat
I was told that I could eat a regular diet after the third day of taking RAI. They said that by that time all of the cells that were going to take up the RAI had already taken up. I ate my regular diet after the full three days because I didn't feel that it would do any good to stay on LID if that was the amount of time the RAI would absorb. Staying on the diet after that point would be a personal choice.
Joined: Jun 2010
Longer than I hoped....
Hey there....
My ENDO told me to resume normal diet and to start thyroid replacement med AFTER the whole body scan which is exactly one week from my RAI :( not what I hoped for but it is what it is....LOL
RAI yesterday so the countdown begins :)
What did your doc tell you???
Joined: Aug 2011
One day
All my docs said 24 hours, but I did 48 hours. They told me that in high risk patients there is no proof that the LID helps at all.