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Diagnostic rTSH-stimulated 123-I Whole Body Scan

and Serum Thyroglobulin

Patient:______________

Date:________________

Continue taking your usual daily thyroid medication

Follow the Low Iodine Diet Instructions for two weeks

On Monday ______________ at ____ am you will receive an injection of recombinant TSH (Thyrogen®) at this location___________________.

On Tuesday _____________ at ___ am you will receive a second injection at the same location.

On Wednesday _________________

Do not eat or drink anything for two hours before your appointment

- At _____ am -Report to the laboratory for a TSH blood test and a stat pregnancy blood test (hCG), if indicated. Allow two hours for the results of the pregnancy test.

- ______am Report to the Nuclear Medicine Department, which is located at ___________________to receive a test dose pill of radioactive iodine.

No radiation safety precautions are required.

On Thursday _________________at ______, you have an appointment for a radio iodine scan in the Nuclear Medicine Department, which is located at _____________________.

- Before or after report to the laboratory for a thyroglobulin blood test.

You may resume your normal diet for dinner.

If you have any questions or problems, contact _________________ at________.

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