Thyroid Cancer Follow-Up: Thyrogen Injection with Scan With/Without Treatment


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Day and date

Start with low-iodine diet. Continue this diet until after you have your blood work done on Day 5

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Day and date

Have labs (TSH and thyroglobulin) drawn in the morning prior to thyrogen injection

If female of age 55 or under, have a pregnancy test done prior to thyrogen injection

First thyrogen injection given by nurse in the morning. Come back tomorrow for the second thyrogen injection

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Day and date

Second thyrogen injection given by nurse in the morning

Report to nuclear medicine for a radioactive iodine (RAI) tracer dose in the afternoon

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Sep 18, 2016 | Posted by in ENDOCRINOLOGY | Comments Off on Thyroid Cancer Follow-Up: Thyrogen Injection with Scan With/Without Treatment

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