Re: Why didn't my tsh go above 9??

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christine_stier@... says:

> WHY didn't my tsh go up above 9. I was off of T4 for almost 7 weeks

> and off T3 for exactly 2 weeks.

>

> Does this mean that I have a lot of mets?

Not necessarily. For my last scan, I was off meds for 11 weeks; at

the end of week 6, my TSH was still in the single digits but it

eventually made it to the level (35) required by my endo. The scan

was clean, and my doctor said that with a TG of 0 after almost 3

months off medication, he considered mets extremely unlikely. I was

really glad to hear that, since by then I don't think I could have

survived the few more days necessary to schedule another RAI. It took

me a long time to get hypo enough to suit the doctor, but when I got

there, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

In the past I've always seen my TSH rise dramatically during week 6.

I have no idea why it took so long last time, but at least in my case

it wasn't because of mets. So don't borrow trouble; there's no point

losing sleep over what *might* be going on when you'll know for sure

in less than two weeks.

ellen

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Hi thyca buds,

First of all I want to say that I'm sorry for coming across so " authoratative "

when I really am so new at this. If I can offer

any kind of explanation it would be that I was overly stressed by both PMS and

RAI converging at the same point in time--not a good combination. ;o)

So I want to apologize for saying things like: " hypo isn't as bad as some make

it out to be. " You're right....I wasn't very hypo at all by comparison.

--in KY

tt 4/9/01; pap w/ foll var; RAI 7/23/01 150 mCi; scan sch 8/8/01

Apology accepted by this individual. I once heard a wise woman say. " Never ruin

an apology with an excuse. " Just make your apologies to the rest of the persons

whom you offended, and we we'll start over.

P.S. I don't have a clue re: your question.

[Guest guest]

It may mean you have a pretty functional bit of thyroid left in you

that is still pumping out the ol' T4, making it more difficult for

your body to get to a high TSH.... After this recent ablation, you

may find you do differently the next time around and get more hypo

faster (or you could be like me and do the 6 weeks and barely make 30

for scan or RAI... although I feel like 300 at the time I'm TSH 30, i

just have a really hard time getting above that... and my scans are

clean and my TG is < 2 so i guess i fall into YMMV - go figure)

barb

> Hi thyca buds,

> First of all I want to say that I'm sorry for coming across

> so " authoratative " when I really am so new at this. If I can offer

> any kind of explanation it would be that I was overly stressed by

> both PMS and RAI converging at the same point in time--not a good

> combination. ;o)

>

> So I want to apologize for saying things like: " hypo isn't as bad

as

> some make it out to be. " You're right....I wasn't very hypo at all

> by comparison.

>

> Which leads me to my question for the group:

> WHY didn't my tsh go up above 9. I was off of T4 for almost 7

weeks

> and off T3 for exactly 2 weeks.

>

> Does this mean that I have a lot of mets?

>

> Tell me if I'm reasoning this out correctly:

> If I have a lot of thyroid cells and tissue which are, themselves

> producing T4, then, when the T4 and T3 meds were stopped, my tsh

> wouldn't go up much because this thyroid tissue would still be

making

> T4 and T3.

>

> I really worried that I have mets. What do all think? I know at

> least one other person on the list had a tsh of 3 with no meds, has

> anyone else's tsh not gone up above 30 after being off meds 7 weeks?

>

> --in KY

> tt 4/9/01; pap w/ foll var; RAI 7/23/01 150 mCi; scan sch 8/8/01

[Guest guest]

hi to all that can't seem to get the TSH high enough for a scan...

on 6/29, in preparation for the TBS and RAI, i went off everything...from

arthritis medication, BC pills, any pain medication and no

vitamins/calcium....i mean off of everything.

not everyone will be the same but i reached TSH 57 by 7/12.

hope this helps

thanks

renata

[Guest guest]

hi to all that can't seem to get the TSH high enough for a scan...

on 6/29, in preparation for the TBS and RAI, i went off everything...from

arthritis medication, BC pills, any pain medication and no

vitamins/calcium....i mean off of everything.

not everyone will be the same but i reached TSH 57 by 7/12.

hope this helps

thanks

renata

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>Apology accepted by this individual.<snip> Just make your apologies

to the rest of the persons whom you offended, and we we'll start

over.> >

,

Who are you referring to in your reference, " the rest of the persons " ?

I addressed my apology message to " thyca buds, " so that is the whole

group; even though I didn't think I offended the whole group, I

wanted to err on the side of overdoing it instead of underdoing it.

If you don't want to clutter the public message board, feel free to

email me privately about this because I truly don't know what you're

talking about.

--in KY

tt 4/9/01; papillary w/ follicular var; RAI 150mCi 7/23/01; scan sch

for 8/8/01

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Renata,

I never thought about all my others meds interfering. I take 2

different meds twice a day for diabetes plus meds for 2 other medical

conditions. That is certainly something to consider, although I can't

go off of any of them--it does help explain it.

--Chris

> hi to all that can't seem to get the TSH high enough for a

scan...

> on 6/29, in preparation for the TBS and RAI, i went off

everything...from

> arthritis medication, BC pills, any pain medication and no

> vitamins/calcium....i mean off of everything.

> not everyone will be the same but i reached TSH 57 by 7/12.

> hope this helps

> thanks

> renata

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Renata,

I never thought about all my others meds interfering. I take 2

different meds twice a day for diabetes plus meds for 2 other medical

conditions. That is certainly something to consider, although I can't

go off of any of them--it does help explain it.

--Chris

> hi to all that can't seem to get the TSH high enough for a

scan...

> on 6/29, in preparation for the TBS and RAI, i went off

everything...from

> arthritis medication, BC pills, any pain medication and no

> vitamins/calcium....i mean off of everything.

> not everyone will be the same but i reached TSH 57 by 7/12.

> hope this helps

> thanks

> renata

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

you're welcome chris..glad i could help you. after the 2 weeks on cytomel,

and then off of everything, i reached TSH 57 in about 11-13 days. by the

time they finally did TBS and RAI 8 days later to TSH result, i must have

rocketted to unbelievable TSH heaven.

thanks

renata

[Guest guest]

you're welcome chris..glad i could help you. after the 2 weeks on cytomel,

and then off of everything, i reached TSH 57 in about 11-13 days. by the

time they finally did TBS and RAI 8 days later to TSH result, i must have

rocketted to unbelievable TSH heaven.

thanks

renata

[Guest guest]

you're welcome chris..glad i could help you. after the 2 weeks on cytomel,

and then off of everything, i reached TSH 57 in about 11-13 days. by the

time they finally did TBS and RAI 8 days later to TSH result, i must have

rocketted to unbelievable TSH heaven.

thanks

renata