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How long did it take for your levels to even out/to go hypo?

I had mine 6-7 weeks ago, and I still *feel* very hyper. I went to the doc Monday, but haven’t gotten the results back yet, but I fear they are just as bad as before I had it. At my appointment, he prescribed a beta blocker, because I am very jittery. We really want to try to have another baby in March, when I am allowed after the RAI. But, I believe I also have to wait for my thyroid to be stable…

My dose was 7, and my uptake was 85%, if that matters.

I am nervous that it didn’t work.

[Ski]

#1062896

Don’t be nervous, please ~ our body takes up to six weeks just to flush out the excess thyroid hormone that existed in our bloodstream before RAI, so you still have LOTS of room to see results.

The RAI does the bulk of its work to the thyroid in the first six weeks, but continues to affect thyroid function (if it doesn’t "knock it out" immediately) for six months. For me, my first RAI dose was not big enough to do everything we wanted, but it did put my T4 into the normal range within a few months. Just didn’t get to MY normal, ever (TSH remained suppressed), so I did it again a couple of years later. That is VERY UNUSUAL and you should not take it as evidence that it may happen to you. My point was to let you know that it may be a while before you know exactly how you’ve been affected by the RAI, but you should begin to notice changes relatively soon. No matter what, the RAI did *something* ~ I guarantee that. Just try to relax ~ everything thyroid takes more time than we’d like, I say this from experience. ” title=”Very Happy” />

[snelsen]

#1062897

That is FOR SURE! As Ski says, "EVERYTHING thyroid takes more time that we’d like!" I will refer to your post again and again, Ski, for I get very impatient with all of this!
Shirley

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Thanks for the info. I talked to the nurse this afternoon, and she said my levels haven’t really changed at all since before the RAI. I hope that by the next time I have to go in (6 weeks) something will have changed!

[pinky35]

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When I went in at 8 or 9 weeks post-RAI they hadn’t changed much. A month later I was in the hypothyroid range.

[DHood]

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I just had my RAI one week ago. My uptake was 82 percent and they gave me 20 millicuries. What they told me (hopefully I don’t goof this) is that since my uptake was 82 percent my thyroid would absorb that much of the dose and then expel the rest…so apparently mine took in right around 16 millicuries. Since I was on the beta-blockers for such a short time before the RAI, I don’t know if my symptoms feel better because of that or if they’re actually improving, but I have noticed a difference in my muscle soreness. Before when I got up after sitting for any length of time I could barely move…now I’m beginning to feel 37 again instead of 80.

I haven’t had a huge amount of trouble sleeping like others, but I was up often to use the bathroom….last night was the first night I hadn’t gotten up to use the bathroom since…well a REALLY long time. Overall though, I can only imagine that it will take time for all of this to work. I’m just trying to be patient. I’m with you though, we want to try ASAP to get pregnant and are going to wait six months (although my endo told me it’s really three). What I’ve heard most about is just getting those T3 and T4 levels straightened out so you can get pregnant and sustain the pregnancy.

GOOD LUCK…Hopefully we’ll both have morning sickness before the year’s out!! ” title=”Very Happy” />

[runlacie]

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I had RAI 7/20/09. I can’t remember how many millicuries exactly but it was between 5 and 7 somewhere. My uptake was around 80%. It took about 6 weeks to start feeling normal, my 6 week numbers were better but at that time tsh had just barely started to move. It took about 4 months to go hypo. Even now, 18 months later, I still feel hyper sometimes.

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