Sir about 8 years ago I went through the same procedure your wife has, I certainly didn’t have the special needs she does and was lucky my wife was also a nurse. It sounds like your doing everything right and I would continue for a few more days. Papilary Cancer is one of the easiest to isolate and remove, full recovery and cancer free is the norm. her recovery should be quick and the swelling will go away quickly and expect full range of motion in a few months. Due to her condition I would suggest one thing and you may already be doing it, help her out of bed by rolling her on her side first so she can lift her head with the muscles in the back of her neck. if she tries to raise up while on her back the muscles in the front of her neck will be used and it’s very painfull. Keep her comfortable and all should be fine, I was back at work in 5 days. prayers for both of y’all!
She's got her range of motion back for the surgery. She had it in late November. A string of calamities including specialist availability to determine right radioactive treatment dosage had put off the iodine treatment till this week. Specialist said her numbers were OK for therapy. She started the replacement hormone pill yesterday evening.
I'm kinda trying to figure out what is a must and what isn't. For example doctors never mentioned low Iodine diet before this treatment. I called the doctors office to find out if she needed to restrict fluids the night before and office workers said just maintain the low iodine diet before treatment. I said what diet? Then I read where low iodine diet had proves not to be a factor in the absorption process.