Guest guest Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 Hello Again- I'm now 11 weeks pregnant and finally got my Free T3 and Free T4 tests done (the doctors in Turkey only tested the TSH and Free T3 before now. My first test results were a month ago and were: Free T3: 1.70 and a TSH of 75.92. Now my latest test results are: Free T3: 2.88 (Turkish norms of 2.3-4.2), Free T4: 1.15 (Turkish normas of .89-1.76) and a TSH of 18.68 (Turkish norms of .35-5.5). It seems as though the medication I am taking is working... Are the FT3 and 4 okay? Despite the TSH dropping to 18.68, it is still very high, isn't it? What does this mean? I know nothing about this!!!!! If you can help me out in understanding this (and again, what it may mean for my baby), I would be very appreciative. Personal emails to bishkekchick@... are appreciated as my Yahoo! account is rarely used. Thank you. Dawn Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Hi Dawn. First, before I forget, you can change your group settings to send group posts to your hotmail account instead of your yahoo account, if you don't know how to do that contact me off list and I'll walk you through it... for right now I'm sending this to the group and to your hotmail account to make sure that you get it.... Your TSH is still too high. The effects to the baby? If your hormone levels are too low what will happen is that your body will start to use thyroid hormone that is produced by your baby. Depending on how much your body takes the effects can range anywhere from NONE to the baby being of large birth weight (excess of 10 pounds) to the baby having thyroid trouble from birth on.... or, if too much hormone is being taken your body could miscarry. Don't freak! How you feel about things, your attitude and how you handle this stuff emotionally also have to do a lot with how this will affect both you and your baby. We've had a few very happy and healthy births among our members so it can happen! We don't hear much from these gals anymore cuz they have their lives back and their new babies and don't have the need or the time to be spending with us so much anymore. That's a good thing! Keeping on top of your hormone levels, getting the TSH down, getting your thyroid hormone levels up to healthy levels and that is NOT just 'within normal range' mean that your baby will not be affected by your thyroid levels. What dose of replacment are you on right now? Your numbers are getting better, so you are in the right direction, that's good.. hopefully the doc will keep adjusting meds so that your levels continue to improve and all will be well. How are you physically feeling? What is your diagnosis, why is your gland under producing? Topper () On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0000 (GMT) =?iso-8859-1?q?Dawn=20KILI=C7?= writes: Hello Again- I'm now 11 weeks pregnant and finally got my Free T3 and Free T4 tests done (the doctors in Turkey only tested the TSH and Free T3 before now. My first test results were a month ago and were: Free T3: 1.70 and a TSH of 75.92. Now my latest test results are: Free T3: 2.88 (Turkish norms of 2.3-4.2), Free T4: 1.15 (Turkish normas of .89-1.76) and a TSH of 18.68 (Turkish norms of .35-5.5). It seems as though the medication I am taking is working... Are the FT3 and 4 okay? Despite the TSH dropping to 18.68, it is still very high, isn't it? What does this mean? I know nothing about this!!!!! If you can help me out in understanding this (and again, what it may mean for my baby), I would be very appreciative. Personal emails to bishkekchick@... are appreciated as my Yahoo! account is rarely used. Thank you. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Hi Topper- Thanks for the information and the reassurance you gave me. I really do appreciate it. Physically I feel fine now. When I was first diagnosed with hypothyroidism a couple of months ago, I was so tired all of the time. I remembered being exhausted with my first pregnancy (sleeping about 14 hours a day) so I just thought it was a normal part of pregnancy. While it is, I now know that my exhaustion was also due to the hypothyroidism. My hair had started falling out…my right arm was going numb…things like this. Now that I am on meds, I feel so much better. My hair is not falling out (at least not as much as it was a couple of months ago), the arm numbness has gone and while I do go to bed earlier than usual (I’m up at 7 to get ready for work and I go to bed about 9 or so), I’m not as physically tired as I was before. I started taking a pill called TEFOR. It contains (in Turkish but I’m sure you can figure out the English equivalent): .1 mg L. tiroksin sodyum. It’s a ‘duotab’ whatever that means (I assume it contains both T3 and T4 and it’s a natural replacement from what I read on the insert…would natural mean coming from animals? That was my assumption). When I first started taking it, the doctor had me take half a pill for a week and then a full pill for a week and then 1.5 pills. I’m now taking two pills a day—so I’m taking .2 mg of the stuff. I think my thyroid is underproducing because I have ulcerative colitis (I was diagnosed when I was 13 and since then only had one relapse and have been in remission for two years now). Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disease and when my colon is not inflamed, other parts of my body can become inflamed—and in my case I get hives. What medicine did the doctors give me to treat the hives—prednisone, a corticosteroid. I was on that horrible stuff on and off for the hives for a couple of years. Then in September of this year I got Bell’s Palsy and was put on another corticosteroid for a few weeks. A week after I finished that treatment, I became pregnant. I read that corticosteroids can affect the thyroid—so……..yeah. Here I am now. I am hoping that once the corticosteroids get out of my system (apparently even after stopping the meds, the steroids can linger in the body for a few months…) and with the boost the Tefor is giving me, my thyroid will get back to normal. BUT…my sister also has hypothyroidism and so did my late maternal grandmother. I’ll just keep my fingers crossed, hope for the best and learn as much as I can about this thing. I hope to be an active member of the list—but the Internet access at work is rather unreliable. :-P Thanks!! Dawn K. Izmir, Turkey Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 >I started taking a pill called TEFOR. It contains (in Turkish but I’m sure you can figure out the English equivalent): .1 mg L. tiroksin sodyum. It’s a ‘duotab’ whatever that means (I assume it contains both T3 and T4 and it’s a natural replacement from what I read on the insert…would natural mean coming from animals? That was my assumption). When I first started taking it, the doctor had me take half a pill for a week and then a full pill for a week and then 1.5 pills. I’m now taking two pills a day—so I’m taking .2 mg of the stuff. Dawn ..1 mg L. (I think this means "Levo") tiroksin (I think this means "thyroxine") sodyum (I think this means "sodium") What I THINK this is, is not the natural form of thyroid treatment, but rather Levothyroxine Sodium, which is synthetic T4 only. I haven't googled this and may not be able to, from what I'm seeing here, but T4 only is not a combination treatment. I certainly could be wrong, but I don't think I am, at this point. Also, the fact that it is 100 mcgs (.1 mgs) tells me that it is the synthetic, as that's how it's measured. Natural thyroid is measured in "grains" or completely in mgs, which, for natural thyroid, would be 30 mgs, 60 mgs, 90 mgs. 120 mgs, 180 mgs, and so-on. I'm thinking this is the synthetic levothyroxine, not the natural form of T4 and T3, or even the synethetic form of T4 and T3 combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 > > >I started taking a pill called TEFOR. I managed to google it in google scholar and Dawn is correct.. Tefor is thyroxine so a synthetic T4 replacement hormone only.. Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Kat, SHE said that SHE thought it was a " natural " combination product, with both T3 and T4. I said that I thought it was a T4 only synethetic. Re: pregnancy > >> >> >I started taking a pill called TEFOR. > > I managed to google it in google scholar and Dawn is correct.. Tefor > is thyroxine so a synthetic T4 replacement hormone only.. > > Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Lol, not " synethetic " , rather " synthetic " . > Kat, SHE said that SHE thought it was a " natural " combination product, > with > both T3 and T4. I said that I thought it was a T4 only synethetic. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 > > Kat, SHE said that SHE thought it was a " natural " combination product, with > both T3 and T4. I said that I thought it was a T4 only synethetic. > > Sorry, then you were correct..sometimes I have a hard time following who the original post came from.. Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Hey, no problem, I've posted an answer to someone's question on the wrong thyroid site, and, at the time, it was so real to me, lol. I'm thinking schizophrenia is my next endeavor. Re: pregnancy > >> >> Kat, SHE said that SHE thought it was a " natural " combination > product, with >> both T3 and T4. I said that I thought it was a T4 only synethetic. >> >> > > Sorry, then you were correct..sometimes I have a hard time following > who the original post came from.. > > Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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