Cortisol, thyroid and other stuff??

[Guest guest]

Hi Pat,

Wow this is great news!! You don't hear such positive networking between

professionals everyday, and in support of your well being.

That was super nice of them to discuss who would be the best doctor to suit your

needs. Hats off to those great People!!

Good Luck Pat

Ann-Marie

Re: Fw: Cortisol, thyroid and other stuff??

I'm updating what is going on with me. I haven't heard anything from

my neuro yet so I went ahead and made an appointment at Henry ford

Hospital in Detroit. I remembered hearing someplace that they had a

Pituitary Disorders Center and I thought they could direct me to the

right area. The people I talked to when I called were very helpful.

They even discussed between themselves which doctors are most

receptive to leaning new things and being challenged and made the

appointment with the doctor they thought met that criteria. I'm

crossing my fingers.

Gillian, thanks so much for your help.

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I agree completely. Pat - it sounds like you are going to get the care you

need.

Alice

Re: Fw: Cortisol, thyroid and other stuff??

I'm updating what is going on with me. I haven't heard anything from

my neuro yet so I went ahead and made an appointment at Henry ford

Hospital in Detroit. I remembered hearing someplace that they had a

Pituitary Disorders Center and I thought they could direct me to the

right area. The people I talked to when I called were very helpful.

They even discussed between themselves which doctors are most

receptive to leaning new things and being challenged and made the

appointment with the doctor they thought met that criteria. I'm

crossing my fingers.

Gillian, thanks so much for your help.

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[Guest guest]

That is very interesting, I've had my AM cortisol tested twice, but

never my PM cortisol. My cortisol levels (AM) and thyroid levels

have been mostly normal, except thyroid levels were weird (one number

was high, other normal - then the reverse, so they didn't know what

it meant).

I think one of the concerns of thyroid level testing is that people

with significant thyroid problems can test normal sometimes. You can

imagine that people with diabetes sometimes have normal sugar levels

too, that's why they do the glucose challenge test. I guess they

don't have a similar test for thyroid.

Take care,

RH

>

> Hi, I don't think too many of you know me. I'm one of the 'old

> timers' on the list but I only pop in occasionally. When I popped

in

> today I happened on a discussion of thyroid, etc. I was just tested

> last week for cortisol AM and PM and thyroid tests plus others. I

am

> so miserable today that I called the lab and asked them to fax the

> results to me. I was hoping for a clue about the pain I'm having.

> Well, I can see that some things are out of whack but I don't know

> what they mean. I'm hoping someone here can help. My cortisol AM

was

> 17, PM was 24.5. The PM is supposed to be about one half of the AM.

> TSH 2.72, my TSH varies with each test I've had. All the way from

2.0

> to 5.0, is this usual? I'm not taking thyroid. T3 144, T4 8.7.

Also,

> my sodium and carbon dioxide have been just below the usual level

for

> the past several years. My neurologis ordered the testing and I had

> the results faxed to him but I don't think he had a chance to look

at

> them. Has any one else had results like this and if so, doe you

think

> they stem from Mito? Thanks all

> Pat K