I'm New - My Labs

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I got copies of my labs today. They are enclosed as .jpg for you to view.

A couple of them show ABNORMAL (low or high) levels of something. I don't know what they mean.

Jodie

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25 mcg of T4 (Levoxyl) isnt' going to do much for you other than drop your TSH and slow the gland function that you do have.. the result is that even though you are taking it the net available hormone in your system could actually be less than if you weren't taking anything.

Hypothyroid is the state of low thyroid function, the diagnosis would be what is causing you to be hypo. No, it's not you.. it's the dumb docs that don't get that part.... It's equivalent to saying you have a sneeze without saying that the sneeze is from allergies, a cold, the flu or that you just filled the pepper shaker... you need to know why your thyroid function is low....

You wouldn't happen to have copies of your labs, would you? If you could post them we would be able to see what the doc is testing.. I'd venture to say he's only testing your TSH level (TSH is a pituitary hormone) and not bothering to test your available thyroid hormone (Free T4 and Free T3).

When were your last labs? You were diagnosed and started on Levoxyl in October? You should have been back at least two or three times for follow up labs....

Fibro is actually the result of long term hypo... if caught early enough it can be GREATLY relieved.... by giving the correct amount of replacment thyroid hormone, and 25 mcg ain't it....

I don't know how much reading you've done so far, or how familiar you are with the hormones and tests and such.... we've got a web page up that runs through the basics, you're more than welcome to swing by and read through, it makes what we talk about here a bit easier to understand...

www.thyrophoenix.com/thyroid_101.htm

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On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:26:05 -0600 (Central Standard Time) "DJRivet-Yahoogroups" <yahoogroups (AT) rivetdesigns (DOT) com> writes:

Hi all.

I am new here.

I was diagnosed Hypo in Oct 06.

I do not understand a whole lot about it. All I know is that the doctor put me on Levoxyl 25 mg.

I've continued to gain from 133 to 151 since Sept. I am only 5'2' so my "ideal weight"' is 125-130 for 42 yrs old.

I keep begging the doctor to put me on something else that will stop the weight gain but they insist that my levels are back to normal and don't want to switch.

I feel that something is NOT normal if I am still gaining and I eat like a bird!

I also have fibromyalgia, osteoporosis, & arthritis. I have a pain specialist looking to install a SCS (spinal cord stimulator).

Any advice will be welcome.

Jodie

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