Re: Got test results today and I am `normal`!

[Guest guest]

Nothing normal about a TSH of 3.59.......if everything else is working well in

the body, a TSH of 1.0 is where many people feel well. If it were me I'd ask to

be put on Natural Desiccated thyroid meds...does your Dr understand what these

are?

He needs to pull Free T3, Free T4 and TSH blood labs at the same time. This T4

11.6, is this Free T4? TPO and TgAB are labs for Hashimoto's thyroidism, and

should be pulled as well. I'd like to see iron serum and ferritin as well.

Can you remind us what your symptoms are and also what supplements you may be

taking? Vitamin C, magnesium, B12, D3, Vitamin B complex, selenium, omega 3 oil,

iron, etc?

You can use this list to look through symptoms:

http://www.tpa-uk.org.uk/symptoms_hypot.pdf

Cheers,

JOT

> Well, guess what, results came back today and the practice nurse had great

pleasure in telling me my results are NORMAL (TSH 3.59 and T4 11.6).

[Guest guest]

Hi Jane,

So you felt really bad and the doctor thought it was bad enough to give you meds

without any test results, the meds made you feel a little better, and now the

test results say you're ok?

Something not right there then..... If the doc doesn't think that a raised

TSH is a problem, what does he think is making you feel ill? (Here's a clue

it's the raised TSH - it should be nearer to 1). Is he going to run a whole

battery of tests? or is he going to go on symptoms and give you an increase of

meds?

Don't take any notice of the silly nurse being smug.... It's none of her

business and next time ask to speak to someone with better manners and tell her

you find her attitude offensive.

You really could do with knowing why the tsh is raised.... Is it because of

thyroid antibodies or is there a t4 to t3 conversion failure? Measuring the

free T4 and T3 and the antibodies would be a start.

Also, nipping the whole thing in the bud and treating you with thyroid hormones

before you feel worse would be good sensible practice..... In the files

section is a pulse magazine article, by Dr Antony Toft , which you should print

out and show to your doctor. He can get CPD points by answering questions on

the article with Pulse Magazine..... ( I got 10 / 10)... here is the files

link, the atricle is not in a folder but towards the end of the page... scroll

down till you see it.....

thyroid treatment/files/

Hopefully your adrenals will be in good order, but if not, treat them first,

then the thyroid second.......

Good luck!!

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In the meantime he put me on a starter dose of 50mcgs thyroxine.

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> Well, guess what, results came back today and the practice nurse had great

pleasure in telling me my results are NORMAL (TSH 3.59 and T4 11.6).

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> Jane

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[Guest guest]

Stupid, silly little nurse, hasn't she learned that taking

thyroxine will result in your blood levels showing 'normal'. I would like a

little word in her ear and put her straight. Once diagnosed hypothyroid you

need to take thyroid hormone replacement for life. Should you stop now, your thyroid

results would again become abnormal.

She needs a refresher course me thinks, but then, she probably

never did any training regarding thyroid problems and believes that blood tests

are the be all and end all.

Luv - Sheila

After dragging myself to GP a couple of weeks

ago in a right old state, he actually took blood from me himself and sent it

off as he could see how ill I was. In the meantime he put me on a starter dose

of 50mcgs thyroxine.

Well, guess what, results came back today and the practice nurse had great

pleasure in telling me my results are NORMAL (TSH 3.59 and T4 11.6).

I must admit there has been a slight improvement in my general functioning

after nearly 3 weeks on the thyroxine, say gone up to 30% functioning from 10%

functioning, but still feel really sh.t.

I am doing the Genova Adrenal Test tomorrow. In my view the TSH is high and the

T4 quite low - any comments welcome.