I too had RAI recently in August and am now having the same problem (a lot of swelling of face and around eyes.) I took prednisone for a couple weeks after the RAI to prevent TED symptoms (as prescribed by my optho.) Just in the last week my face and eyes are really puffy. Not TED symptoms I was having before RAI, but puffy. From what I’ve found after researching on the net and from talking with my endo, I’m now pretty hypOthyroid because the RAI is really working and swelling of face and around eyes is common when hypOthyroid. This could be your issue. Your RAI is working and you may be starting to become hypOthyroid now. I would call your endo and tell him/her. You probably need to have your bloodwork done to see if your medication needs to be adjusted. She gave me a diuretic too (which I have yet to take.) I will probably start on that tomorrow. I’m definately retaining water. Just something to think about.
