CancerCompass message board discussion started by thycaseattle on 5/11/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23927,0.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi,I had TT on April 10th, diagnosed with Papillary Thyroid cancer 3 lympnodes were affected. I had given 150 MCI RAI dosage on May 7th.\I had given instructions to take little bit of water for the first 24 hours. Is it true that we need to take plenty of water after 24 hours?After 24 hours i started taking lot of water to flush out the radiation traces. I started taking Levothyroxine on May 8th (150 mcg dose). From May 10th on wards i started having acidity formation and acidity is coming while i was brushing in the morning.I also noticed pain in Esophagus area or chest (above stomch and below chest) while swalloing food. Some times i am getting pain in the same area 1 or 2 times per hour.Does any one experienced this kind of symptoms?Thanks, thycaseattle Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT you were told to drink little water in the first 24 hours????  That's strange....I was told (and I believe many others were told) to drink PLENTY of water as soon as I swallowed the RAI - and was told to continue drinking plenty.I was not able to leave the hospital after my rai for like 3-4 hours, but in that time I was told I HAD to drink at least 3 or 4 bottles of water before leaving.  They had so many cases of water there, which was to be given to those having RAI. NewYorkCity Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT