mellijelli84
March 18th, 2011, 11:49 PM
Hello everyone... I've been a lurker on this forum for about a month now and decided to finally post a thread...
I was diagnosed with Graves in July 2010 but I think I might've had it for about 6 months prior to my diagnosis. I had the tachycardia, palpitations, extreme perspiration (even in a cold operating room), hair falling out, and tremors. I was immediately placed on Atenolol and Methimazole. About 3.5 weeks ago, I started to develop a severe rash that was different from the chronic urticaria that I usually get here and there since I was a kid. My endo instructed me to stop the Methimazole and sure enough, the rash disappeared in about a day. He didnt want to place me on PTU d/t cross-reactivity. He recommended that I get RAI. Initially, I was struggling with coming to terms with this treatment because I'm still young (26) and the thought of being hypothyroid and having to take thyroid supplements for life bothered me. I consulted a few different endos and they all said that the best option for me was to get RAI because the risk of getting another allergic reaction is too severe if I were to restart the antithyroid meds.
So here I am, 9 hours post RAI treatment... the isolation is not too bad... I only received 14mci so hopefully I can be out in the real world in a few days (still taking radiation precautions of course)... My ibuprofen is ready to combat the possible thyroiditis to come! My biggest worry now is trying to lose this weight I've gained (20lbs) from becoming on the hypo side during my Tapazole treatment and waiting for my levels to normalize in the future. Will update on how I'm doing in the next few days :) I'm so glad to have found this site because it reassures me that I'm not alone in this journey...
I was diagnosed with Graves in July 2010 but I think I might've had it for about 6 months prior to my diagnosis. I had the tachycardia, palpitations, extreme perspiration (even in a cold operating room), hair falling out, and tremors. I was immediately placed on Atenolol and Methimazole. About 3.5 weeks ago, I started to develop a severe rash that was different from the chronic urticaria that I usually get here and there since I was a kid. My endo instructed me to stop the Methimazole and sure enough, the rash disappeared in about a day. He didnt want to place me on PTU d/t cross-reactivity. He recommended that I get RAI. Initially, I was struggling with coming to terms with this treatment because I'm still young (26) and the thought of being hypothyroid and having to take thyroid supplements for life bothered me. I consulted a few different endos and they all said that the best option for me was to get RAI because the risk of getting another allergic reaction is too severe if I were to restart the antithyroid meds.
So here I am, 9 hours post RAI treatment... the isolation is not too bad... I only received 14mci so hopefully I can be out in the real world in a few days (still taking radiation precautions of course)... My ibuprofen is ready to combat the possible thyroiditis to come! My biggest worry now is trying to lose this weight I've gained (20lbs) from becoming on the hypo side during my Tapazole treatment and waiting for my levels to normalize in the future. Will update on how I'm doing in the next few days :) I'm so glad to have found this site because it reassures me that I'm not alone in this journey...