No options...

I met with my ENT surgeon and he said my scar is healing nicely. He smiled at his work and asked me how I was doing. How am I doing? I'm tired, I'm depressed, I can't remember anything, I have poor blood circulation, I can't even eat anything I want. How would you be? He says all of this is happening due to my lack of thyroid hormone. It's been a month since my surgery so I've been deprived of this hormone for a while now.

My blood test reflects that my TSH (Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone)Level is high. How high? Normal range is from .40 to 4.50 mIU/L... my TSH level is 139.13! My body is screaming to my non-existent thyroid to make some damn hormones.

I can't take the hormones until I get my Radioactive Iodine therapy. I can't get therapy because I'm waiting for my insurance. I'm waiting for my insurance because my endocrinologist has been dragging his feet. And there is no excuse for my endocrinologist... other than incompetence.

But I finally got the ball rolling with making arrangements for my therapy. So much work to just get 1 pill.

Originally, I thought I would be admitted into the hospital and be in isolation for a couple of days before being released. Apparently, I have to be isolated for 1 week but not at the hospital. The Radioactive Iodine therapy is an outpatient procedure which means I have to go home and contaminate all my own stuff and clean it all later. I don't know why I have to pay the hospital when I'm doing all the work. I take the pill, I go home and take care of myself, then I have to clean everything and live in my apartment which is now contaminated with radiation. What exactly am I paying them for?

I asked them what my other options were if I don't get admitted but I can't be in my own apartment. Their response: go to a hotel. Go to a hotel??? You said stay away from people for a week. Now you want me to go to a hotel and contaminate their facilities while paying them per night out of my own pocket to stay there? How is this responsible?

There has to be a better way... but for the time being, I have no other options.