Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 Sandy, Thanks for the post I think I understand what Andy was saying then. What he says in the index on thyroid and other hormone levels helps also. Andy, please disregard my post .. I misunderstood what you were saying. TK > > MY experience re thyroid being " off " is as follows: > > When I was most poisoned (early 2000, Hg/Pb/As + some Ni,) > my FREE T-3 was 25% above " high end of normal. " Yet, I had no signs of > hyperthyroidism. (Unfortunately, no euphoria either.) > > My free T-4 was within normal limits, as far as I could tell. > > " Regular " (not measuring " free " ) thyroid tests always came > up OK. I had to insist on (Kaiser HMO) going beyond their basic tests, > partly to confirm I did have heavy metals poisoning, partly to prove it to > Kaiser (who called me - in ONE sentence in my chart - delusional and > hypochondriacal AND healthy) > > After nearly 2 years, my thyroid tests now show all is well there. > > I also had low testosterone at the time (I'm male.) That too, is now good. > > I understand the high free T-3 and low testosterone were related, re an > uptaking globulin and which overall indicated I was partly immune to my own > thyroid output (or something like that, > Andy could explain much better). > > Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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