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When to end LID?

teamwink
teamwink CSN Member Posts: 97
in Thyroid Cancer #1
I feel like I should know this, but I don't... how long until you end the LID? Do you wait until the 1 week whole body scan after RAI, or is there another rule of thumb? No one has told me how long I'm on this lovely diet :(
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  • sunnyaz
    sunnyaz CSN Member Posts: 582
    #2
    Ending LID
    I was told that I could eat regular food after the third day from taking RAI. So, on day four I ate pizza! By this time your cells have absorbed all that they are going to absorb.
    Blessings,
    Julie-SunnyAZ
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  • nasher
    nasher CSN Member Posts: 505 Member
    #3
    well...
    once they are done giving you RAI then you should be able to eat again.

    I was told 6 hours after i got my RAI treatment and was told 12 hours after my 1 year out scan.
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  • teamwink
    teamwink CSN Member Posts: 97
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    sunnyaz said:

    Ending LID
    I was told that I could eat regular food after the third day from taking RAI. So, on day four I ate pizza! By this time your cells have absorbed all that they are going to absorb.
    Blessings,
    Julie-SunnyAZ

    yes pizza!
    I have actually been longing for pizza - good suggestion!
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  • teamwink
    teamwink CSN Member Posts: 97
    #5
    nasher said:

    well...
    once they are done giving you RAI then you should be able to eat again.

    I was told 6 hours after i got my RAI treatment and was told 12 hours after my 1 year out scan.

    LID 1 yr scan
    Do we do the LID for the 1 year scan also?
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  • nasher
    nasher CSN Member Posts: 505 Member
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    teamwink said:

    LID 1 yr scan
    Do we do the LID for the 1 year scan also?

    unfortunatly anytime they
    unfortunatly anytime they want us to do a scan we have to do LID
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  • teamwink
    teamwink CSN Member Posts: 97
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    nasher said:

    unfortunatly anytime they
    unfortunatly anytime they want us to do a scan we have to do LID

    rain on the parade
    Boo!:( That is what i suspected, but it stinks, doesn't it? LOL.... I appreciate the info, though. It certainly helps to manage expectations, since I am not getting a whole lot of info at all from my doc.

    You guys rock!
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