The Next Phase of Treatment

Enrique's next phase of treatment is radio-iodine. We're just beginning to learn about it.

He'll ingest radioactive iodine to kill off any remaining thyroid cells in his body. That means for a couple of days he'll be too radioactive to leave the house or sit next to me for an extended period.

We'll need to wash our clothes in separate loads and he won't be able to touch certain things (like keyboards) while he's radioactive because they'll retain the radiation.

We'll learn more about it later this week.