Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Hi Guys, Boy oh boy.....before my hubby started on Armour he had his blood work done through Healthcheck. Symptom-wise he had a HR in the 50s, day-time temp around 97, always freezing, ridiculously, and lots of joint pain. His TSH came back at 2.11. With the symptoms and the TSH above 2 we decided to start him on Armour. Now his HR is in the 70s, temps fluctuate but do reach above 98, he has shed the longjohns, :-), and his joint pain is gone. For the last, he is ecstatic. His last TSH measured 0.1 just last week. Now here starts the good story! It was a good thing that we did that bloodwork because his bilirubin was a little elevated. No symptoms of cholestasis. We decided to watch and repeat the blood in a few months. Well, from this last draw we found that his bilirubin has elevated! We decided to have him visit our doc ( novelty ) so that the blood could be rechecked and the bilirubin broken down into conjugated vs. unconjugated ( healthcheck doesn't do this ) So, he walks into the doc office with his first labs from Healthcheck in hand....so as not to cause the doc to pass out about the 2nd low TSH post Armour......when he doesn't even know hubby is on thyroid meds. Both the nurse and the doc have absolutely NO idea that people can go out and get their own blood work done. After many minutes of confusion and disbelief on their part....they ask him if he had it run at a veterinary lab as dog blood! Could they be more stupid? Could they think he is more stupid than that? For those of you unfamiliar....apparently, the doc remembers my husband as being married to me, a veterinarian. Why do they recall things like that? I saw him twice years ago for my pneumonia. I guess they pictured me drawing blood from my huband and thinking I would be " smart " by submitting it as dog blood? ( thanks a LOT! ) My husband came back with a calm answer. He said, " if I were to submit my blood through a veterinary lab I would know enough to submit it as primate blood. " After the doc recovered from the bloodwork shock, he filled out paperwork to have a full liver panel done. The rest of the appointment the doc talked to my husband about his own dog and its Lyme Dz!? My husband is not a veterinarian, I am. But human doctors seem to feel close association with a vet provides full knowledge and interest I guess....or that all my husband could be interested in talking about is people's animals where he decided to go ahead and marry a veterinarian!??? How about talking about cholestasis??? THEN>>>>as my hubby is leaving, the doc races out and decides to add to the bloodwork order....he says, " on the off chance....I am having them check your TSH. " !!! :-O This poor doc! He is going to get back bloodwork that makes NO sense! He doesn't know hubby is on Armour...and you know how that would go anyway. He is going to find normal levels of TT4 ( that is all they look at ) and a very LOW TSH. He will be thoroughly confused....or think that he has publication material! Hubby will have to tell the poor man why his TSH is so low. What a mess! Roxanna North Star German Shepherd Dog Rescue Inc northstargsdr@... www.northstargsdr.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Pretty bad when a DOCTOR doesn't know better than to think you would run it as dog blood! LOL *Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Fat cat? Diabetes? Listowner for overweight or hypothyroid cats http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hypokitties/ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.788 / Virus Database: 533 - Release Date: 11/1/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 How long did it take for your husband to start feeling better (aches/pains, etc) after he started on the Armour? C AH-OH! <g> poor doc! Boy oh boy.....before my hubby started on Armour he had his blood work done through Healthcheck. Symptom-wise he had a HR in the 50s, day-time temp around 97, always freezing, ridiculously, and lots of joint pain. His TSH came back at 2.11. With the symptoms and the TSH above 2 we decided to start him on Armour. Now his HR is in the 70s, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Noticable improvement in a couple weeks. Roxanna > How long did it take for your husband to start feeling better (aches/pains, etc) after he started on the Armour? > C > AH-OH! <g> poor doc! > Boy oh boy.....before my hubby started on Armour he had his blood > work done through Healthcheck. Symptom-wise he had a HR in the 50s, > day-time temp around 97, always freezing, ridiculously, and lots of > joint pain. His TSH came back at 2.11. With the symptoms and the TSH > above 2 we decided to start him on Armour. Now his HR is in the 70s, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Oh gee, that's not long at all. C Re: AH-OH! <g> poor doc! Noticable improvement in a couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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