Guest guest Posted October 21, 2002 Report Share Posted October 21, 2002 Hi everyone, I have been really busy at work the last few months so I have to say that I have read very few of the groups e-mails recently. And now I have a couple of questions... which is a little cheeky. I finally had the doctor do a TSI anti-body count, the result being 254. Question 1 : Does MMI help reduce the antibody levels, and to what degree ? My endo says that ATD's have a minimal effect so I wanted to know what you guys thought. Question 2 : My endo doesn't use the TSI Ab test. He only ordered mine because I was quite persistent about it. How often should I push to get the test done do you think ? Every 6 months maybe ? Looking forward to reading your answers. Thanks, Katy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Hi Katy, Great that you had the TSI which confirms your diagnosis and gives you a baseline level. The MMI will help reduce your TSI titers. As to how much depends on your diet, stress levels, etc. Avoiding iodine and incorporating some stress reduction techniques will help keep you from producing new antibodies. TSI have a half life of 23 days so the minimim you could expect your current levels to move down to <2 is 2-3 months. As you're able to get by on less MMI and suspect you may be in remission, you'll want another TSI to confirm or disprove this. If your symptoms are staying the same on the same dose of MMI you can suspect you're not in remission and can hold off on the test. Hard to give a time frame, but you should know when remission seems imminent. Take care, Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2002 Report Share Posted October 22, 2002 Hi Katy, Great that you had the TSI which confirms your diagnosis and gives you a baseline level. The MMI will help reduce your TSI titers. As to how much depends on your diet, stress levels, etc. Avoiding iodine and incorporating some stress reduction techniques will help keep you from producing new antibodies. TSI have a half life of 23 days so the minimim you could expect your current levels to move down to <2 is 2-3 months. As you're able to get by on less MMI and suspect you may be in remission, you'll want another TSI to confirm or disprove this. If your symptoms are staying the same on the same dose of MMI you can suspect you're not in remission and can hold off on the test. Hard to give a time frame, but you should know when remission seems imminent. Take care, Elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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