Re: Re: Test results - need input

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Sorry for such a belated reply, but working has kept me away, plus, I've been falling asleep in the morning, when I get home from work. Maybe that's an effect of the Armour? Anyway, your T4 is way too low. It just looks like you would do great on taking Armour alone, upping it, and ditching the Cytomel, unless you feel like you must have it. It looks like you could substitute another 1 and 1/4 grains of Armour for the two 6 mg doses of Cytomel, since you need the T4, and that would also give you your dose of T3 to sub for the Cytomel. Your red cell count is too low, and it indicates that your bone marrow is having trouble keeping up with turning over/out those cells, fast enough to keep up. Do you have the MCV, MCHC, and the other parts of the red blood counts to go with that? These are important because, with anemia, they would show a pattern to show what type of anemia you might have. Also,do you take supplements for your calcium, and do you eat plenty of fruits and veggies to gain the potassium?

Re: Test results - need input

Hello all....This is a and I'm looking for help with interpreting most recent labs I wrung out of my Doc. She's great in that she gives me meds I ask for, but not so great in that she does not really lead me fully. So I need some ideas about how to adjust meds, amounts, etc. THANKS!!!

Free T4 0.93 ng/dl (range 0.71-1.85)

Free T3 374 pg/dl (range 230-420)

HTSH II 0.000 uIU/ml (range 0.49-4.67)

I'm on 2 1/2 grains dessicated thyroid (compounded Rx) in AM and Cytomel 6 mg (1/4 of 25 mg tab) noonish and early evening. I requested the Cytomel and it seems to help. I still waken very shaky and can take several hours to get going every day.

WBC 4.2 (range 4.3-11)

RBC 4.16 (range 4.20-5.40)

My HGB was 13.4 ( 12-16) and HCT 40.8 (38-47) so I'm on low end, am not truly anemic, but the cell counts are low ????????? Explanation ???? Thyroid related??????? SUGGESTIONS??? COMMENTS??????

Sodium, Potassium, Calcium all at very edge of low range...and I supplement with all these daily...get muscle cramps if I do not.

Thanks from a

PS I'm sending this second time as have not seen it posted although it was not returned as undelivered either??????? So I apologize if I have somehow missed a reply/posting. The phones have been so troubled by all the rain here it has been a sometimes thing to even get online. Many thanks, a

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Hi a

Sorry for such a belated reply, but working has kept me away, plus, I've been falling asleep in the morning, when I get home from work. Maybe that's an effect of the Armour? Anyway, your T4 is way too low. It just looks like you would do great on taking Armour alone, upping it, and ditching the Cytomel, unless you feel like you must have it. It looks like you could substitute another 1 and 1/4 grains of Armour for the two 6 mg doses of Cytomel, since you need the T4, and that would also give you your dose of T3 to sub for the Cytomel. Your red cell count is too low, and it indicates that your bone marrow is having trouble keeping up with turning over/out those cells, fast enough to keep up. Do you have the MCV, MCHC, and the other parts of the red blood counts to go with that? These are important because, with anemia, they would show a pattern to show what type of anemia you might have. Also,do you take supplements for your calcium, and do you eat plenty of fruits and veggies to gain the potassium?

Re: Test results - need input

Hello all....This is a and I'm looking for help with interpreting most recent labs I wrung out of my Doc. She's great in that she gives me meds I ask for, but not so great in that she does not really lead me fully. So I need some ideas about how to adjust meds, amounts, etc. THANKS!!!

Free T4 0.93 ng/dl (range 0.71-1.85)

Free T3 374 pg/dl (range 230-420)

HTSH II 0.000 uIU/ml (range 0.49-4.67)

I'm on 2 1/2 grains dessicated thyroid (compounded Rx) in AM and Cytomel 6 mg (1/4 of 25 mg tab) noonish and early evening. I requested the Cytomel and it seems to help. I still waken very shaky and can take several hours to get going every day.

WBC 4.2 (range 4.3-11)

RBC 4.16 (range 4.20-5.40)

My HGB was 13.4 ( 12-16) and HCT 40.8 (38-47) so I'm on low end, am not truly anemic, but the cell counts are low ????????? Explanation ???? Thyroid related??????? SUGGESTIONS??? COMMENTS??????

Sodium, Potassium, Calcium all at very edge of low range...and I supplement with all these daily...get muscle cramps if I do not.

Thanks from a

PS I'm sending this second time as have not seen it posted although it was not returned as undelivered either??????? So I apologize if I have somehow missed a reply/posting. The phones have been so troubled by all the rain here it has been a sometimes thing to even get online. Many thanks, a

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I think I'm spending more time lately deleting than anything. Almost every single post has been coming in quadruplets, no kidding! This has been going on now for a couple of wks or so. Like 5 groups with 4 posts for every message. I'm muddling through a lot of that before I actually get to read. Then I'm receiving some posts that were done 3 days before that, that I KNOW I already read, and THEY are all quadrupled too.

Re: Re: Test results - need input

Yahoo has been screwy lately, sometimes sending posts twice, sometimes not at all. . . .

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I think I'm spending more time lately deleting than anything. Almost every single post has been coming in quadruplets, no kidding! This has been going on now for a couple of wks or so. Like 5 groups with 4 posts for every message. I'm muddling through a lot of that before I actually get to read. Then I'm receiving some posts that were done 3 days before that, that I KNOW I already read, and THEY are all quadrupled too.

Re: Re: Test results - need input

Yahoo has been screwy lately, sometimes sending posts twice, sometimes not at all. . . .

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And if I did, I would be making some serious money, wouldn't I, hehe!

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Congratulations on the quadruplets! And at your age, too! Who is the father of the little darlings? wrote:

I think I'm spending more time lately deleting than anything. Almost every single post has been coming in quadruplets, no kidding!