[Anonymous March 21, 1997 at 11:01 pm Post count: 93172]

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Joan, everything I’ve read said that long-term studies on people who’ve had RAI showed no increased incidence of any health problems. My doctor certainly didn’t mention any. Do you have other information?

Dianne N

[Anonymous March 22, 1997 at 2:26 am Post count: 93172]

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Could anybody who had RAI tell us if their doctors made them aware
of any long-term effects or increased chance of other diseases from
the treatment? Leukemia? Kidney cancer?

[Anonymous March 22, 1997 at 6:44 pm Post count: 93172]

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Joan

Our doctor too stated that it was a safe procedure that has been used since the last 30 yrs. No increased risks related to it that she knew of .
We also talked to a couple of folks here ( though I can’t remember who) that had the RAI a several years ago and had no side effects from it.

We also considered the fact that the options are surgerical removal, a riskier procedure and treatment with anti-thyroid meds. Do you think taking an unnatural substance everyday would be healthier than RAI?
It’s just our opinion but we’d do the RAI again if we had to. It was easy and worked quickly to alleviate the GD.

CincyKid

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