Re: 1st Time RAI -How Much? CHAT

[Guest guest]

Oh well, I guess that's why I'm going straight to hypo hell! I broke

a thyca commandment and didn't know it. lol!

Sandy

> ...(snip).....

> > Their is no Thyca Commandment that says, " thou shalt not have

less

> > than 100 mCi " !!

>

> LOL. That is EXACTLY what my Nuclear Med Dr. says ( " thou shalt not

> have less than 100 mCi " !!) He says he is not terribly scientific

about

> the dose of RAI, but he prefers to give 100mCi's if contained to

the

> thyroid bed, 150mCi's if spread to the lymphs and 200mCi's if

distantly

> spread. He doesn't give adults less than 100mCi's unless there is

some

> other situation that contraindicates that as a minimum dose.

>

> Marilyn (dx '94-pap w/lung metastases - 5 pos scans/435mCi's -

scans 6

> & 7 clean)