The Endocrinologist came up with the options. The second surgeon's nurse is the one who told me the Nuclear Scan came back normal.

Well, it seems that this is not the way the Endocrinologist is interpreting it.
His nurse practitioner called me today and said that she had shown the test results to the Endocrinologist and he said the test is not positive and not negative and HE feels I should have my thyroid removed. Gee, I was getting all excited thinking I might be able to avoid this...

I also asked her about the radioactive iodine causing pain-she said she had never heard of that...

So, for what it is worth... Does anyone know about stuff like this? Like, maybe the vasculitis I have keeps the radioactive iodine from being taken up like it is supposed to do in the test...

Cathie