Time to Glow

I am so relieved. My levels are finally where they need to be and I will have my radiation on Friday around noon. I am not having a dose quite high enough to be hospitalized but I'll be staying with my dad for about a week, maybe more maybe less depending on how radioactive I am. I don't want to take any chances with the kids. It's going to be really hard to be away from them for more than a couple of days but I couldn't live with myself if I thought it was going to do any long term harm to them. Kids and pets are more susceptible to ill effects of radiation. They say that for two weeks following a dose that you should pretend you have strep throat and refrain from kissing or sharing drinks, foods, etc. with others. If I wash or handle other peoples eating utensils or food I should wear gloves. Radiation is primarily excreted through saliva, urine, and sweat. If I do come home sooner than two weeks I will have to sleep in the extra bedroom alone until the two weeks is up. I will be relieved to get this all over with! Especially this restrictive diet. I've been hypothyroid for the past three weeks so that's a lot of the reason I haven't posted on here, sorry to leave anyone hanging on what was going on but I've just been too exhausted. I've had lots of ideas for posts just no energy. Hopefully I'll be able to post a little more next week but my dad doesn't have internet at his house so I'll take the laptop and if I get lucky I'll maybe catch a signal off a neighbor or something. I also might go down to the library or something to post. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!