Should I tell my GP I have high TPOabs?

[Guest guest]

I am seeing my GP next week to discuss my latest TSH and T4 blood test results

(which I`m sure he will say are fine). I will be telling him the only

improvement in my symptoms since being on thyroxine is that I do not sleep in

the day as much but apart from that I`m still just as bad.

But, should I tell him that I have had a private TPOab test done and that it is

> 1000. I am thinking of telling him and asking him what it means (just to make

him feel important). I am dreading telling him I have also done private tests

for Adrenal function and T3 and T4 urine which were all low. I do not want to

put his back up and I don`t think I can cope with him dissing me or my findings.

But I`m thinking maybe there`s no point in telling him because having Hashimotos

will make no difference to my treatment.

What does worry me is that if I have these antibodies, should I get checked for

other auto-immune diseases? But in order to get this checked I have to admit to

having a positive TPOab test. I am so scared he will diss me.

Jane