Re: T3 only ?-Gail

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Patty,

Thanks for responding. I am still trying to understand...was I put

on Cytomel now, but can expect to be on something else after RAI? Is

the Cytomel just a quick fix in between surgery and treatment? My

understanding is that Cytomel has a short life vs Synthroid, and only

has T3, not T3 and T4.

Thanks again,

Debbi

> Debbi,

>

> You are going hypo for RAI treatment the middle of August. It

usually

> takes 5 weeks to get hypo enough for RAI. The cytomel is to let you

feel good

> for alittle while after your surgery. Two weeks before your RAI you

will

> probably stop taking it.You may start feeling hypo before this.

Then you will

> begin a LID diet. Your TSH needs to be at least over 30. Most

doctors like it

> higher than that. Be sure to get the LID recipes. I have no idea

what the

> lump in your throat could be. Remember that thyca is very slow

growing, so

> don't panic that you have something bad growing back that fast. Ask

questions

> as they come. There is so much to learn. I found this group so

helpful.

>

> Patty lin

> TT 6-6-00 pa ca 1.3 cm

> 7-10-00 RAI 110 mCi's

> 5-4-01 Clean scan, TG<1

>

>

>

>

> In a message dated 7/27/01 10:24:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> djkoplen@a... writes:

>

> << i Group,

>

> You guys have been terrific in answering my questions. I am a

newbie to

> this

> and have a question that might seem easy for you to answer. I'd

ask my

> doctor, but it's the weekend. Anyway, I had a TT a couple of weeks

ago and

> was put on Cytomel. RAI is scheduled for mid-August. From

reading these

> posts, I am beginning to believe that Cytomel alone isn't going to

make me

> feel normal again (is it only T3?) Was I put on Cytomel to make

me

> semi-hypo

> before the scan? Also, I am begining to feel a slight lump in my

throat

> again? Any idea what that is?

>

> Thanks to all,

>

> Debbi

>

> dx pap thyca 5/01

> TT 7/01

> 2.5cm tumor/no spread to nodes

> RAI sch 8/01

>

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