Radioactive Iodine Treatment (RAI 131) and Isolation

Hello all!

As of writing this, I am on day 13 after taking my RAI 131 (radioactive iodine ablation) dose and wanted to do a small series of updates about how the first week went for me. I found it really helpful to watch other videos like this before beginning my therapy, so I hope I can provide a bit more perspective for those who will be doing this treatment as well. I recommend reading and watching whatever you can, and asking questions to your medical team along the way! There's NO SUBSTITUTE for medical advice---I am not a doctor!

Here's a collection of links to begin reading about what RAI 131 is and some ways people chose to prepare:

https://www.thyca.org/pap-fol/rai/

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/thyroid....

https://www.verywellhealth.com/protec...

https://www.thyroid.org/radioactive-i...

https://hps.org/publicinformation/ate...

https://www.snmmi.org/AboutSNMMI/Cont...