Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 hi, can anyone please either give me the information i need, or provide a link to somewhere that can tell me what the UK laboratory values are for normal ranges of T4 and T3 test results I do know that my area regards TSH as normal between 0.4 and 4.0, but any other information i try to find is all American based which apparantly use different measuring scales I believe that the UK uses the following TSH ...... mu/L FT4 ...... pmo1/L T3 ????? The reason for asking is that recently i had a total thyroidectomy due to cancerous growths (papilliary thankfully)in both a lymph node and within the thyroid itself. shortly will be undergoing radio iodene treatment to clear up anything missed surgically Although i am getting over the op quite well, i dont think my thyroxene replacement is sorted properly yet (taking 100mcg daily ) and i feel weak, lifeless, sleepier than normal, and have dry skin/hair. any help and advice VERY gratefully recieved Thank you, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Hi Mike, The ranges vary from lab to lab in the UK. If you ask your doctor (or receptionist) he/she will give you the ranges that your lab uses. You are certainly on a low replacement dose of thyroxine and some UK hospitals routinely give combination T4/T3 treatment to people who have had a thyroidectomy. (also in the UK) --- andromeda6905 andromeda6905@...> wrote: > hi, can anyone please either give me the information > i need, or > provide a link to somewhere that can tell me what > the UK laboratory > values are for normal ranges of T4 and T3 test > results > I do know that my area regards TSH as normal between > 0.4 and 4.0, but > any other information i try to find is all American > based which > apparantly use different measuring scales > I believe that the UK uses the following > TSH ...... mu/L > FT4 ...... pmo1/L > T3 ????? > > The reason for asking is that recently i had a total > thyroidectomy > due to cancerous growths (papilliary thankfully)in > both a lymph node > and within the thyroid itself. shortly will be > undergoing radio > iodene treatment to clear up anything missed > surgically > Although i am getting over the op quite well, i dont > think my > thyroxene replacement is sorted properly yet (taking > 100mcg daily ) > and i feel weak, lifeless, sleepier than normal, and > have dry > skin/hair. > any help and advice VERY gratefully recieved > Thank you, Mike > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 thank you for your advice christine. Best wishes,Mike > > > hi, can anyone please either give me the information > > i need, or > > provide a link to somewhere that can tell me what > > the UK laboratory > > values are for normal ranges of T4 and T3 test > > results > > I do know that my area regards TSH as normal between > > 0.4 and 4.0, but > > any other information i try to find is all American > > based which > > apparantly use different measuring scales > > I believe that the UK uses the following > > TSH ...... mu/L > > FT4 ...... pmo1/L > > T3 ????? > > > > The reason for asking is that recently i had a total > > thyroidectomy > > due to cancerous growths (papilliary thankfully)in > > both a lymph node > > and within the thyroid itself. shortly will be > > undergoing radio > > iodene treatment to clear up anything missed > > surgically > > Although i am getting over the op quite well, i dont > > think my > > thyroxene replacement is sorted properly yet (taking > > 100mcg daily ) > > and i feel weak, lifeless, sleepier than normal, and > > have dry > > skin/hair. > > any help and advice VERY gratefully recieved > > Thank you, Mike > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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