Re: i have test result[s]!

September 6, 2004

Omigosh... forget it... I'm outa here!!!!!

> > Hi

> >

> > I don't have the test results back; just got it done Saturday.

But I

> > am not educated enough to know what " normal " is anyway. To

be

> > honest I am a bit hesitant to post them when I do find out, as

no

> > matter what they are, I figure there will be people who jump in

and

> > tell me they are bad, even if my doctor tells me I am okay and I

> > feel great. It would be all to easy for me to become

paranoid

> > about all this stuff.

> >

> > Sue

September 7, 2004

I tried that. They weren't too interested. Alot of the docs I meet

tend to feel that " a little knowledge can be dangerous, " especially

knowledge gleaned from the web.

blithe

>

> My docs aren't on top of everything... I'm certainly finding that

out. But even the ones I've seen recently know that the TSH

guidelines have been revised!! It's amazing to me that the local labs

haven't revised their normal values to reflect that. But, at least

the docs knew to regard the results differently. Could you find the

info on the endocrinology website that talks about the official

revision, and show it to them?

>

September 7, 2004

I tried that. They weren't too interested. Alot of the docs I meet

tend to feel that " a little knowledge can be dangerous, " especially

knowledge gleaned from the web.

blithe

>

> My docs aren't on top of everything... I'm certainly finding that

out. But even the ones I've seen recently know that the TSH

guidelines have been revised!! It's amazing to me that the local labs

haven't revised their normal values to reflect that. But, at least

the docs knew to regard the results differently. Could you find the

info on the endocrinology website that talks about the official

revision, and show it to them?

>

September 7, 2004

I tried that. They weren't too interested. Alot of the docs I meet

tend to feel that " a little knowledge can be dangerous, " especially

knowledge gleaned from the web.

blithe

>

> My docs aren't on top of everything... I'm certainly finding that

out. But even the ones I've seen recently know that the TSH

guidelines have been revised!! It's amazing to me that the local labs

haven't revised their normal values to reflect that. But, at least

the docs knew to regard the results differently. Could you find the

info on the endocrinology website that talks about the official

revision, and show it to them?

>

September 7, 2004

It does make you wonder, doesn't it?

This morning I saw my oncologist whom I see once a year for checkups.

I had an advanced form of cancer as a kid, so there are some tests I

need to do once a year to make sure all's well. I asked him whether

the radiation I received to my chest (as part of treatment) could be

related to a wonky thyroid later in life. He said definitely, and that

I was a " classic " case, exhibiting late-onset effects of extensive

radiation to the chest: PCOS + wonky thyroid (the diabetes could be

hereditary or a result of the PCOS).

Just an fyi, if anyone here has had radiation in the past, that could

be the cause of your current thyroid trouble.

blithe

Blithe.. I had chronic headaches, neck aches and shoulder pain.. I

mean every hour, of every day, of every week, of every month, of every

year.... Not any more. I seldom even get head aches any more.

Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

The plantar faciitis in my right foot... dear doc said that it was a

physical injury that I'd have for life... I was on crutches cause I

could walk on it... now it's gone.

Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

The list goes on....

Makes you wonder.....

Topper ()

September 7, 2004

It does make you wonder, doesn't it?

This morning I saw my oncologist whom I see once a year for checkups.

I had an advanced form of cancer as a kid, so there are some tests I

need to do once a year to make sure all's well. I asked him whether

the radiation I received to my chest (as part of treatment) could be

related to a wonky thyroid later in life. He said definitely, and that

I was a " classic " case, exhibiting late-onset effects of extensive

radiation to the chest: PCOS + wonky thyroid (the diabetes could be

hereditary or a result of the PCOS).

Just an fyi, if anyone here has had radiation in the past, that could

be the cause of your current thyroid trouble.

blithe

Blithe.. I had chronic headaches, neck aches and shoulder pain.. I

mean every hour, of every day, of every week, of every month, of every

year.... Not any more. I seldom even get head aches any more.

Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

The plantar faciitis in my right foot... dear doc said that it was a

physical injury that I'd have for life... I was on crutches cause I

could walk on it... now it's gone.

Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

The list goes on....

Makes you wonder.....

Topper ()

September 7, 2004

It does make you wonder, doesn't it?

This morning I saw my oncologist whom I see once a year for checkups.

I had an advanced form of cancer as a kid, so there are some tests I

need to do once a year to make sure all's well. I asked him whether

the radiation I received to my chest (as part of treatment) could be

related to a wonky thyroid later in life. He said definitely, and that

I was a " classic " case, exhibiting late-onset effects of extensive

radiation to the chest: PCOS + wonky thyroid (the diabetes could be

hereditary or a result of the PCOS).

Just an fyi, if anyone here has had radiation in the past, that could

be the cause of your current thyroid trouble.

blithe

Blithe.. I had chronic headaches, neck aches and shoulder pain.. I

mean every hour, of every day, of every week, of every month, of every

year.... Not any more. I seldom even get head aches any more.

Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

The plantar faciitis in my right foot... dear doc said that it was a

physical injury that I'd have for life... I was on crutches cause I

could walk on it... now it's gone.

Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

The list goes on....

Makes you wonder.....

Topper ()

September 7, 2004

Sorry... correction. I had radiation to both the chest *and* abdomen,

hence the PCOS + wonky thyroid...

blithe

> Blithe.. I had chronic headaches, neck aches and shoulder pain.. I

> mean every hour, of every day, of every week, of every month, of every

> year.... Not any more. I seldom even get head aches any more.

>

> Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

>

> The plantar faciitis in my right foot... dear doc said that it was a

> physical injury that I'd have for life... I was on crutches cause I

> could walk on it... now it's gone.

>

> Why? Cause my thyroid levels are up?

>

> The list goes on....

>

> Makes you wonder.....

>

> Topper ()

September 9, 2004

Everything I've been reading over the past few yrs says, no, that is

probably not normal for a great many people. Many different sources. It

depends on who you believe, in relationship to all the other evidence about

Free T3, Free T4, antibodies, and other interferences from many things.

There are too many people on these thyroid boards who prove it with their

own individual testing, the way they feel, and what has happened to them on

acct of undertreatment that was always according to their TSH, not their

thyroid hormones. The main question is do you feel good at this level,

then I would say that it's right for you. If not, no, I wouldn't consider

it the right level for you. Are you feeling very well?

Re: i have test result!

> >

> > >

> > > Hi... just jumping in here.. but 1.93 is within normal range. In

> > > reviewing quite a few medical websites the info coincides with

> what

> > > my doctor told me...

> > >

> > > low TSH - less than or equal to 0.1 mIU/L,

> > > borderline low - >0.1 but <0.5 mIU/L,

> > > normal - 0.5 to 5.5 mIU/L,

> > > high - >5.5 mIU/L.

> > >

> > > Sue

September 9, 2004