The Radioactive Iodine (RAI) Treatment Day

This is the reason why the drawing of the Pinoy bands contest was late and I wasn’t able to attend our company’s Christmas party (that’s tonight btw, while I’m here at home composing this post). I suppose to play bass for the Outage band (video from Yutube)… Oh well. Series of Events Since I’m watching 24 Season 1 DVD (bought it on ebay btw using blog money), I’m going to...

Radioactive Iodine Treatment.. 10 Days Hiatus… Sa Office!

Tomorrow. The treatment will be tomorrow. Yesterday, I was absent from work. I had to take this Thyroid Scan test prior setting the date of my RAI treatment.  Went to the Manila Doctor’s Hospital as early as 8:00am to take the laboratory test. Thyroid Scan What a thyroid scan basically do is it can show the size, shape, and location of the thyroid gland. That’s what Dr. Jerry Obaldo requested from me...

All About Radio Active Iodine Treatment (RAI)

Yesterday I went to see my Thyroid doctor. I got there around 11:45am and my doctor was able to see me around 2:45pm! Grabe ang dami ng nagpapa checkup! After giving her the laboratory result of my T4 testing, she said that I was doing good and she recommended that I take Radio Active Iodine (RAI) treatment since the thyroid gland is more controlled or ‘relaxed’. Since, this has been our main objective...

Hyperthyroidism: T4 Laboratory Result

Last week, or October 31 to be exact, before doing our regular grocery, I got the T4 laboratory result from Nazarenus Hospital. The result is normal. T4 value is 5.34 ug/li where the normal value is in between 4.5 to 12.5 ug/li. This is good news. I’ve been taking 15 milligram of Strumazole since first week of September, I guess just have to continue taking it until my doctor can check me out. Although I...

I Miss My Doctor!

Oooppps, that didn’t come out right… I have an appointment with my doctor, and I missed it! Darn. Last month she asked me to if I could come on this date. Thinking that my work schedule would still be Monday – Wednesday (or Thursday), I said yes. My bad. So that’s why my Strumazole tablet (it’s for my hyperthyroid thing) has ran out. It’s a little late (11:50 pm) and it’s a...