News from the isolation room

[serene]

Home safe -- well, not SAFE as in you can get near me, but I'm safe. :-) Poor someotherguy had to drive in an unfamiliar, standard-transmission car (thanks, sogwife!) to get me, and he's stressed to the max, but otherwise, things are going well.

The big dose was a little pill (I hadn't known beforehand whether it was a drink, an injection, or what), and everything went without incident. I even forgot to take a book, so I survived the walk to the hospital. :-)

someotherguy kindly set me up on his laptop with a wireless card, so I'm online, but not on my own computer yet, with my saved mail and such. This may be my chance to catch up on reading, TV, and stuff.

Anyway, hello, I'm radioactive. :-)

Oh, and the kid made me pasta, and she brought me my massive glass of water with a little "I ♥ U" and two loving smiley faces on it.

Without the support system I have, I'd manage. WITH it? I'm golden.

Comments

[baerana.livejournal.com]

so, are you actually radioactive enough that you are a danger to people? i didn't know any medical treatments actually did that... are you doing to have any ill effects, radiation sickness, that sort of thing, from this?

*hugs*
glad you have such a great support system, hun!!!

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yep, I'm radioactive enough that I need to stay 5 feet from everyone for 5 days or so, and I have to be really good about cleaning up my bodily fluids.

Thanks for the hugs. I'm sure I'll be kinda touch-starved by the end of this.

[nooks.livejournal.com]

I was wondering how serious the isolation had to be and so I looked it up. I'm pretty surprised to find that you really are radioactive enough to make isolation a pretty good idea. It sounds to me (and remember, Serene's the one who's had actual doctors tell her stuff, not me!) like prolonged physical isolation might not be strictly required, but probably isn't a bad idea. Sleeping alongside someone else, and sharing of intimate objects like forks and ice cream cones is apparently contraindicated, as they say.

My guess is that since Iodine collects in the thyroid, having radioactive Iodine in you and coming out of you poses more of a problem than an equivalent amount of radioactivity from some other source?

Hey, Serene: I didn't mean for this to forget there's a person in here. I am really glad you're with such great people as your family to get through this, and hearing about how you're faring is excellent. Keep on fissioning.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

:-) No worries. I am fascinated by the science stuff around this stuff.

Apparently, it's proximity and body fluids that are the worst things. I'm happy that my touching things doesn't make those things radioactive. It would be a drag to have to cover everything with plastic or something.

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I think tonight you should turn off the lights and see if you really glow. 'Cause that would be excellent.

*hugs*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Will do. *hugsback*

[pameladean]

That's a great icon. I'm glad you're well cared-for.

P.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

So, any superpowers yet?

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

I've promised kightp I'll check for glowing tonight. :-)

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Sweetheart, you are always radioactive with energy and warmth. This is just a special case exaggeration.

Saving hugs for when you can have them again ...

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

:-) Thank you, my love.

I'm thinking you, me, a buttload of take-out Thai food, and snuggling on your couch while we both fall asleep to some movie or other. Sound like fun? If so, pick an evening after 4/1. :-)

[eeyorerin]

Hi, Radioactive Serene!

[ptigris.livejournal.com]

*far away hugs*

[gremlin44.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!

[j00j.livejournal.com]

I love your icon for this. *virtual hugs* are safe to give radioactive people. Take care!

[hnybny.livejournal.com]

I'd be tempted to borrow a geiger counter and check my pee.

.... cause I'm geeky like that.

Speaking of pee (since I'm reading chronologically backwards), one late elimination shouldn't be too bad.

[vasilatos]

I've been there several times. Don't know why saying that makes any difference, it doesn't at all. Good luck with the whole business, Serene.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Of course it makes a difference; thank you.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

May all the moments of joy bring joy forever, and the annoyances stay mere annoyances.

[suzimoses.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine what this is like. Suddenly my malfunctioning thyroid seems much more minor than it did last week.

*sends hugs and many goodthoughts* Good luck on the glowing.

[firecat]

[hugs]