Radiation Postponed
Enrique's endocrinologist postponed his radiation treatment by about one month. He wants Enrique to heal more before he undergoes the treatment.
Right now it is scheduled for August 23rd - but last time there were a lot of delays, so it's tough to say for certain.
Enrique will need to be on a low iodine diet for about one week before and after the treatment - to starve any remaining thyroid tissue of iodine. Then we he gets the radioactive iodine, it will be sucked up by cells that are hungry for it.
Among other items, the diet prohibits dairy, seafood and iodized salt. The salt part is the trickiest because it essentially means that everything needs to be homemade. You can't have much meat and you have to avoid many nuts and beans.
Right now it is scheduled for August 23rd - but last time there were a lot of delays, so it's tough to say for certain.
Enrique will need to be on a low iodine diet for about one week before and after the treatment - to starve any remaining thyroid tissue of iodine. Then we he gets the radioactive iodine, it will be sucked up by cells that are hungry for it.
Among other items, the diet prohibits dairy, seafood and iodized salt. The salt part is the trickiest because it essentially means that everything needs to be homemade. You can't have much meat and you have to avoid many nuts and beans.
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