I thought I had escaped the forewarned symptoms of radiation. However a month post-treatment, it showed up in the middle of the night in the form of a burning, bitter taste coating my entire mouth and throat. No amount of teeth brushing could remove the bitterness, but I tried. I hysterically swished and gargled mouth …
Tag: cancer treatment
RAI Treatment ~ Part 4
Wednesday morning, in the thick of the winter storm, we made our way yet again to the hospital for my "glow day". My dad sent me in with a nervous hug, as I’m sure this was scarier to him than it even was for me. I was so numb to these doctors appointments at this …
RAI Treatment ~ Part 3
Day two arrived before I knew it and we headed back through the snow to Baylor. I sat in the waiting room for a little bit and then Beth just kind of waved me over to where she was and we started walking upstairs, rounding many corners and hallways before getting to our destination, the …
RAI Treatment ~ Part 2
The day before my first appointment, Texas was hit with a massive winter storm. The biggest one in history. Roads were completely frozen, car wrecks totaling 100+ cars were shown on the news, power outages were occurring across the whole state, and temperatures had dropped below zero. I wanted more than anything to be done …
RAI Treatment ~ Part 1
The RAI treatment basically consists of being on a low iodine diet for several weeks, getting a series of thyrogen injections, swallowing a radioactive pill, then getting a CT scan to show where in the body has cancerous thyroid cells remaining. Sometimes you just need one treatment, other times you may need more. Luckily for …
Post-Op: Thyroidectomy
New Years Day, 2021 began with a bang. Although I left my cancerous thyroid in 2020, the real recovery and cancer journey had just begun. The awful blood bag that was pinned to my chest was removed the next morning after my thyroidectomy. I was instructed on which medicine and vitamins to take and what …
The "Good" Cancer 