- Re: Oh no - Lab test was WRONG and I went thru RAI for nothing????

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I knew there had to be a bright side to this!!

You are SO right again !

Deb :0)

>

> > I had a TT back in October 1999 and was chose not to ablate at that time

after

> > consulting with my surgeon and endo. I had the head of head and neck

> > surgery at the Cleveland Clinic perform my TT and he really felt he got all

of it

> > (note, by the time I got someone to believe that something was wrong, I

had 5

> > tumours. )

> >

> > My Tg's had been terrific until this past

> > Sept when a blood test showed a TG of 48! Turns out my pharmacy had

> > given me the wrong dosage of Synthroid for 3 months and I had become

> > unsuppresed. I was only getting .75 instead of .175. My endo said I now

> > needed RAI which I had done a couple weeks ago on 10.29.02

> >

> > Well guess what I just found out! That TG of 48 must have been wrong and

I

> > just went thru this for nothing! While I was hypo and preparing for the WBS

> > and RAI, I had my TG levels checked again. Neither test result came back

> > before my RAI. Now they are back and they are 1.5 and 1.9 (when my

TSH

> > was unsuppressed and at 80.33 right before my scan and RAI)

> >

> > My endo agrees that the 48 was a mistake and while she feels I should

look at

> > the RAI as a positive thing, she wouldn't have pushed me to have it done

with

> > a true TG of 1.5.

> >

> > Lesson for others here- double check your TG's if elevated and always

check

> > your meds!

> >

> > I can't beleive this. My struggle with my TC has been like a comedy of

errors

> > with health care making pro's making one mistake after another! This is

scary!

> >

> > Deb :0)