Re:a question or two.

[Guest guest]

Hello (topper)

Thanks for the reply.

My results from the TSH tests were 5.17 and 5.27 respectively.

I asked the doctor for a Hashimoto's test and a cortisol test but didn't

think of the T3/T4. Next time. I am new to this doctor but I like her. I am

not sure but I think she may be hypothyroid herself from something she said.

I thought it nice that when I asked for the tests she said okay but the

results will take a while as they have to go to Edmonton.

She has prescribed .75 mg Thyroxine for me and I guess I will try it.

One of her big concerns is my cholestrol is sky high.

Probably you are correct about the deficiency issue but I have been

addressing that for a couple of months now.

I know it can take a year or more to start to get results but I am

determined to keep at it.

I am very fortunate in my health considering my lifestyle and am inclined to

fuss more when I do get sick.

Thanks for listening, I value your input.

Regards

Helen

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Howy, Helen, welcome...

I thing the first steps for you, too, are going to be getting the right

tests and determining just what is causing you to be hypo.

Considering that your diet was not at all great. I wonder if you might

have deficiencies issues.

So you want to make sure that they are doing the correct thyroid tests

(TSH, Free T4, Free T3, antithyroglobulin and antithyroidperoxidase) and

ferritin (storage iron) the Bs... and adrenal levels.. It wouldn't hurt

at all to see if they can check your iodine levels either.

Have you gotten the results from your last tests yet?

[Guest guest]

Mine had never been higher than 170, with higher on good ones, lower on bad

ones, even during the first several yrs of $ynthroidland, but when I got so

chronically ill, my cholesterol tests from this past fall were over 200,

with the LDLs too high, or higher than they'd ever been. I had just barely

made the switch to Armour, with my first testing with HealthCheck. Five

months later, they were down to 154, higher in good ones, low in bad ones.

Yea, Armour!!

Re:a question or two.

> TSH 5.0 and, cholestrol sky high, definite hypothyroidism. Armour

> will drop cholesterol like a rock in a few months as long as

> replacement is high enough. I've seen this in myself and others.

> High cholesterol is a major symptom of hypothryoidism.

>

> Tish

[Guest guest]

Mine had never been higher than 170, with higher on good ones, lower on bad

ones, even during the first several yrs of $ynthroidland, but when I got so

chronically ill, my cholesterol tests from this past fall were over 200,

with the LDLs too high, or higher than they'd ever been. I had just barely

made the switch to Armour, with my first testing with HealthCheck. Five

months later, they were down to 154, higher in good ones, low in bad ones.

Yea, Armour!!

Re:a question or two.

> TSH 5.0 and, cholestrol sky high, definite hypothyroidism. Armour

> will drop cholesterol like a rock in a few months as long as

> replacement is high enough. I've seen this in myself and others.

> High cholesterol is a major symptom of hypothryoidism.

>

> Tish

[Guest guest]

Mine had never been higher than 170, with higher on good ones, lower on bad

ones, even during the first several yrs of $ynthroidland, but when I got so

chronically ill, my cholesterol tests from this past fall were over 200,

with the LDLs too high, or higher than they'd ever been. I had just barely

made the switch to Armour, with my first testing with HealthCheck. Five

months later, they were down to 154, higher in good ones, low in bad ones.

Yea, Armour!!

Re:a question or two.

> TSH 5.0 and, cholestrol sky high, definite hypothyroidism. Armour

> will drop cholesterol like a rock in a few months as long as

> replacement is high enough. I've seen this in myself and others.

> High cholesterol is a major symptom of hypothryoidism.

>

> Tish