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Am about to take rai-131 but am hesitant to do so since i heard it will also destroy good cells.please advise?

Doctors always advice rai-131 is always the last recourse.Iwas operated november of 2008 and diagnose with papillary cancer stage 3 but i did not went through with rai as scheduled. My thyroid scan reveals papillary left in my neck part. I am now about to do the rai-131 treatment due to followup advise of doctors and relatives. Does anyone with papillary cancer who did not go thru rai treatment please give me an honest opinion. 10 yrs or 15 yrs life expectancy if you take rai-131 really scares me. Thank you for taking time to read ....
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Thyroid cells are the only cells that absorb iodine.....(even cancerous thyroid cells)....

It's a very effective treatment, for thyroid cancers....My aunt had to do the radioactive treatment, for tumors on her thyroid...that was over 20 years ago...she's in her 60's...never had another problem.
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