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Anyone here with Hurthle Cell (Oncocytic) Carcinoma?

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Can anyone tell me what radioactive iodine therapy is like?

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@ejjb Mine was YEARS ago, but I went to a special room at the hospital where a gowned and masked stranger gave me a thick heavy container. I swallowed the glob that was in it and was rushed to my car to go home. Once home, I had to stay away from the family for a week. It did some damage to some of my salivary glands. Be sure to have PLENTY of had candy to suck on which does help. Toilet had to be flushed 2x handwashing 2x, separate trash bags etc. Then a full body scan some time later to be sure no iodine is being absorbed. That is all I remember. Best of luck to you, it's really easy after what you have already been through.