I had a nuclear med scan of my thyroid recently

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I had a nuclear med scan of my thyroid recently

alcaray — 2/17/2006 5:22:00 PM (archived)

The interesting thing about it (and disturbing) was that the radioactive iodine pill I had to swallow was stored with a cute little lead cylinder around it (and inside of the normal-looking pill-bottle).

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142 million deaths possible from bird flu - Laurie Street - 2/16/2006 8:14:24 PM
- I've got a question... - Tom Brosz - 2/19/2006 6:22:17 AM
  - Good question. - Bowser - 2/19/2006 3:21:14 PM
- Possible BEFORE modern medicine. Not any longer. - David F Mayer - 2/19/2006 3:20:15 AM
  - I agree with Bowser- you just make up these 'statements of Fact' - R.L. - 2/19/2006 9:36:50 PM
  - Thank goodness, Dr. Spread the word, responsible folks don't know that. - Bowser - 2/19/2006 5:53:23 AM
    - Dear shitbrain. - David F Mayer - 2/21/2006 3:12:05 PM
      - Hmmm, guess I wasn't the only moderator on vacation... - R.L. - 2/22/2006 12:52:00 AM
        
        I agree. It was offensive. I could have said it better. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 2/22/2006 4:02:34 PM
        
        What you should do is learn when to keep your mouth shut - R.L. - 2/22/2006 4:58:44 PM
        
        You are not smart enough to tell satire from sincerity. - David F Mayer - 2/23/2006 8:29:16 PM
- Comments - Donald - 2/18/2006 1:51:20 AM
  - And no shaking hands! - podrock - 2/18/2006 5:01:51 AM
    - Anti-bacterial lotions? Absolutely not! - Mary Anne - 2/18/2006 8:52:28 PM
      - Hand washing... - Laurie Street - 2/20/2006 5:34:16 PM
- Influenza pandemics - Laurie Street - 2/17/2006 5:11:07 PM
  - More notes - Laurie Street - 2/17/2006 7:08:33 PM
    - Some plain statistics - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/19/2006 11:17:05 AM
      - I can't take any comfort from your statistics - Laurie Street - 2/20/2006 5:19:01 PM
      - For once I agree with you - Lindy - 2/19/2006 7:45:46 PM
    - Thanks for the info Laurie - Lindy - 2/18/2006 7:12:27 PM
- I already got the flu shot -- they should have included bird flu if it were so serious - SDF - 2/17/2006 6:40:48 AM
  - Doesn't work that way - Donald - 2/18/2006 2:01:06 AM
  - Are you THAT stupid? - R.L. - 2/17/2006 3:58:30 PM
  - Actually, it's "bird flew", and means one got away from "Machinegun" Cheney. - Bowser - 2/17/2006 7:19:53 AM
- Scarier than an asteroid hitting the Earth! - Bowser - 2/17/2006 5:35:41 AM
- Color me skeptical. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/16/2006 11:33:08 PM
  - I've got some Pfizer (only 100 shares) - alcaray - 2/17/2006 7:43:16 PM
  - re: Me Too - Scott Evil - 2/17/2006 5:11:51 AM
    - "no reason why a vaccine can't be developed and delivered" - Laurie Street - 2/17/2006 5:14:25 PM
      - More information - Mary Anne - 2/18/2006 9:44:10 PM
- I will bet you that more people die of measles than bird flu in '06. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/16/2006 10:48:51 PM
  - I hope you are right - Laurie Street - 2/16/2006 11:21:36 PM
    - re: The war on measles is going better than the war on terror. - Scott Evil - 2/17/2006 5:13:45 AM
      - We aren't breeding measles and spreading it around, fer crissake. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/17/2006 5:36:43 AM
        
        4 words could save us - Scott Evil - 2/17/2006 5:38:28 AM
        
        "Liberals Will Practice Birth Control" - Lindy - 2/17/2006 6:17:05 AM
        
        I have to lock her out. - Scott Evil - 2/17/2006 3:09:26 PM
        
        Three - Bowser - 2/17/2006 5:45:55 AM
        
        re: Iodine? - Scott Evil - 2/17/2006 5:47:54 AM
        
        I should have known! - Bowser - 2/17/2006 7:11:17 AM
        
        Traps radioactivity in your thyroid gland - Lindy - 2/17/2006 6:18:53 AM
        
        Not quite. - Tom Brosz - 2/17/2006 6:50:52 AM
        
        re: Not quite. - Laurie Street - 2/17/2006 5:18:36 PM
        
        I had a nuclear med scan of my thyroid recently - alcaray - 2/17/2006 5:22:00 PM
        
        Did it make your stool glow in the dark? (n/t) - Dr. Evil - 2/17/2006 5:37:16 PM
        
        I did not look. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/17/2006 6:50:14 PM
        
        Uh oh - did your Doctor look like this? - Laurie Street - 2/17/2006 5:28:40 PM

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