Hi Nelie --

Have you had a thyroid test? You could feel cold just because you've lost weight and are not as active as usual, or you could have underactive thyrpoid. We were warned that this effect of radiation could "creep up" on someone, so they order a TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) test for Barry when he has a blood draw, (which will be every three months for a study Barry's in.) Since he already has low thyroid function (not bad, but was taking lowest dose of Levoxyl) Hopkins is keeping an close eye on this. (And btw, he also feels cold more than usual, which seems to be due to body fat loss as his thyroid levels appears OK for now)

Everyone seems to concentrate on the really nasty early-appearing side-effects of radiation (for good reason!) but there is quite a bit on the OCF web site and in this forum about late-appearing issues, like thyroid impacts.

Gail