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The roomie is in the hospital for another night. She was discovered to have thyroid cancer and had the surgery to have the cancerous parts taken out. The first endocrinologist was a complete and utter idiot. With as much as had been taken out, she should have been scheduled to take a radioactive pill to kill the rest of the cells. But he never had it done and she went to get a second opinion. Good thing she did or who knows if she would have gotten the rest of her treatment. By leaving some parts of the thyroid left in, the potential for the cancer to come back was there. Plus he didn't seem to think RLS was a real problem. She had other opinions on that.

So for the past 3-4 weeks she's been off the meds and on a low to no iodine diet. Being off the meds has made her really cranky/tired and not wanting to deal with the idiots. The low iodine diet means that she has to inspect everything for salt intake. Needless to say, you can't just 'throw something together' with that kind of diet.

She thought she would have been able to get out today but the radiation level is still too high for her to not be as much as a risk. She even has to be in a bit of isolation when she is allowed home. So I'll be doing the cooking or doing easy meals for a few days. And man will she'll be happy to have milk and cheese again.

Need to catch up on my writing / posting things now.