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You must stay in the radioiodine suite. The usual stay is three days and each day the Nuclear Medicine staff will take a radiation measurement, using a hand held monitor, to help us to determine how much radioactive iodine is left in your body.
These measurements are used to help us decide when you can leave hospital.
Due to the possible long-term risks associated with being regularly exposed to patients receiving radiation therapy, the nursing staff will reduce the amount of time they spend with you after you have received your treatment.
On the day of your admission the nurse will discuss ways in which we can provide 24-hour surveillance and establish how regularly you would like us to check on your condition, during the day and night.
We will however try to ensure that one nurse is responsible for your care each day.
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