- Re: I am SO confused! Please help!

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Hi, -

I think we can all appreciate how disappointed you are.

While a quick TSH rise once (or twice or thrice) doesn't guarantee it will

always rise so quickly, it does seem curious that your TSH is only .67 after 10

days off meds.

I have never heard of thyca cells preventing TSH elevation; if they did, then

we wouldn't be able to go hypo for a first treatment or recurrence. It's

extremely unusual that someone without a thyroid and

not taking replacement hormones would not eventually have their TSH rise.

If your TSH continues to refuse to go up, you may want to consider using

Thyrogen to help it along (although I'm not so sure that's a great idea for

nursing mothers).

I don't think it's likely that the lab could be off so drastically, but I'd say

it's worth retesting.

I'm sorry I don't have a more concrete answer for you; please let us know what

your doctor suggests.

NYC

Bergeron wrote:

> I'll try to be to the point...

> I have gone hypo 3 or 4 times and each time my TSH has always been

> right around 100 after being off my meds for 10 days. I just had my

> labs drawn 2 days ago after being off my meds for 10 days and my

> dr's nurse said my tsh is 0.67!!!! Could this be right? I am so

> confused and amazingly disappointed. I agreed to do this with a

> newborn at home thinking " i can do anything for a couple weeks " but

> i feel so hypo and want desperately to cry when i think about

> doing this for months. what could account for this drastic change?

> heres a question can cancerous thyroid cells produce thyroid

> hormone making it so my tsh will not rise the same way it did

> before. this such a drastic difference and i have untreated

> thyca and have for 18 months. can new cancer produce T3? Any

> thing you can give me would be very appreciated.

> Thank-you

> Bergeron