Hello! I am new here and have so many questions. I was diagnosed with Grave’s almost 20 years ago. I am trying to learn the “lingo” used here (abbreviations, etc.) as I have had no interaction with anyone about my experience. You mention (I’ll paraphrase here as I am woefully tech challenged and not sure how to quote) that you almost ran out of the Dr. office due to all of the precautions you would have to take if you were given radioactive iodine to kill your thyroid. Do I have that right? What precautions are you speaking about? After reading for over an hour now, I am amazed at my lack of understanding. I might not believe it except for it happened to me, but my endocrinologist never mentioned anything to me about precautions. Actually, it was not even really explained exactly what to expect (except that we’ll get you on meds when the time comes). Pretty stressful time.
I gather that RAI = radioactive iodine, can you tell me what TT, ATDs, PTU, DDTs all stand for?
Thank you for your help.
