On a diet
My health insurance finally approved my doctor's request for nuclear studies of my thyroid. It's a radioactive reuptake scan (2 days), where I ingest a radioactive pill and let my thyroid have at it. Then, on the second day, nuclear dye gets injected in me. I'm confused as to how many times within those two days my thyroid will be scanned, 'cause my instruction paper says it will be "measured". It says the last thing to be done will be a "scan". Well...whatever it takes to get to the bottom of my damn hyperthyroidism.
The medicine I take for my damn hyperthyroid (and which I will stop just 4 days prior to this test, and then resume post-test) is completely gross - PTU. PTU sucks ass, and leaves a miserable, lingering taste from your throat to your tongue and taste buds. It doesn't matter how good you swallow the damn thing, but if any part of the pill touches your mouth or gums, that's it...you're doomed even more. I mean, the aftertaste happens even if you swallow it well...it's a given, and it's a pain.
So, anyway...
I'm on a strict diet for the thyroid scan. It's a completely no iodine, and low salt diet. I absolutely cannot have iodized salt. What's that? When you go to the store, you buy the salt in the blue wrapper with the lady and umbrella on it? Well...that's Morton's salt. They make two types...one with iodine, and one without. Most times, people just grab whatever salt. So, basically, since I won't know (or it's hard to find out) what salt people use in their cooking, I cannot have any fast-food, any restaurant food, any food that I did not cook. Plus, nothing packaged, preserved, etc. No dairy, no red dye #3 and #40. No chocolate!!! No everything!!! *sobs*
It sucks. I miss my KFC. I miss my McD's. I miss my Pizza Hut. I miss my Winchell's. I miss my chocolate!!!
*grrrrrr*
Just wait until my test is over and done. I'm gonna have a pig-out fest. Take-out and fast-food all day...
The medicine I take for my damn hyperthyroid (and which I will stop just 4 days prior to this test, and then resume post-test) is completely gross - PTU. PTU sucks ass, and leaves a miserable, lingering taste from your throat to your tongue and taste buds. It doesn't matter how good you swallow the damn thing, but if any part of the pill touches your mouth or gums, that's it...you're doomed even more. I mean, the aftertaste happens even if you swallow it well...it's a given, and it's a pain.
So, anyway...
I'm on a strict diet for the thyroid scan. It's a completely no iodine, and low salt diet. I absolutely cannot have iodized salt. What's that? When you go to the store, you buy the salt in the blue wrapper with the lady and umbrella on it? Well...that's Morton's salt. They make two types...one with iodine, and one without. Most times, people just grab whatever salt. So, basically, since I won't know (or it's hard to find out) what salt people use in their cooking, I cannot have any fast-food, any restaurant food, any food that I did not cook. Plus, nothing packaged, preserved, etc. No dairy, no red dye #3 and #40. No chocolate!!! No everything!!! *sobs*
It sucks. I miss my KFC. I miss my McD's. I miss my Pizza Hut. I miss my Winchell's. I miss my chocolate!!!
*grrrrrr*
Just wait until my test is over and done. I'm gonna have a pig-out fest. Take-out and fast-food all day...
It'll be over before you know it. And Val promised you cake!
When it is over you'll have to come over to my place one day and let me make coffee for ya. I'm getting pretty good at it, if I do say so myself. Playing with that espresso machine is actually a lot of fun, dude.
Posted by
sabete |
1/24/2006 12:12:00 AM
Coffee sounds yummy :) I love extra creamy and extra sweet coffee...
I'm off the diet now :-) I'm eating anything I want! *yippee*
Posted by
ronnie |
1/29/2006 11:12:00 AM