Re: got my results today....

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I was confused by it too. The nurse said the fT3 was " three-

four-four " . I said " three point four four? " She said " no, just

344 " . So I looked it up and found this:

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/testsforthyroid/a/freet3.htm

It looks like the variation in numbers has to do with whether the

lab measure fT3 in pg/dL (a number in the hundreds) or pg/mL (a

number with a decimal point). If that's the case, then my fT3

result of 344 would be in pg/dL or 3.44 pg/mL(?)

Your result does sound more like a fT4 result - and a low one, at

that.

-Anne

> > > I believe the high end of the fT3 range is 420? Is this a

good

> > > place for me to stay? or should I add more to get the fT3 in

> the high range? Any opinions?

[Guest guest]

Yeah, I was confused by it too. The nurse said the fT3 was " three-

four-four " . I said " three point four four? " She said " no, just

344 " . So I looked it up and found this:

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/testsforthyroid/a/freet3.htm

It looks like the variation in numbers has to do with whether the

lab measure fT3 in pg/dL (a number in the hundreds) or pg/mL (a

number with a decimal point). If that's the case, then my fT3

result of 344 would be in pg/dL or 3.44 pg/mL(?)

Your result does sound more like a fT4 result - and a low one, at

that.

-Anne

> > > I believe the high end of the fT3 range is 420? Is this a

good

> > > place for me to stay? or should I add more to get the fT3 in

> the high range? Any opinions?