Re: Hashimoto's - question, especially for Sunny

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Hi Sunny,

Pleased you like some of my posts..I only understand basics because

I have had Hashi's for 30 years now and until his death was under a

fantastic Consultant who specialised in researching thyroid

illness..which really should be classified as a stand alone

endocrine illness in hospitals etc but is usually lumped under a

general endo whose speciality is diabetes.

Therefore to help myself I use what I have learnt as a

patient...Hashi's is autoimmune as you say...the problem with it and

why it is so damned hard to control is that the antibodies are a law

unto themselves..the antibodies 'knock out' hormone secretion by

attacking parts of the thyroid tissue, the function of the thyroid

therefore becomes rather unbalanced..parts of the gland are 'dead'

other glandular tissues then try to compensate by throwing out more

hormone saying 'HELP' 'ALERT' 'ATTACK' as the antibodies decide to

go for them....so are poor bodies don't know what the heck has hit

them...and that is where it is really, really bad for our

mitochondrial function which need a 'steady' supply of hormones as

they are involved in the respiratory chain. Eventually due to this

attack many peoples thyroids pack up..lethal if replacement hormones

not given.

The only way to check is by TSH/FT3/FT4...but never let a Doc. tell

you results are 'normal' 'in range' and all that rubbish..you have

to educate yourself on that score...Go by how you feel..Once you are

on thyroxine the TSH test is no good..you have to ensure that the

FT4 is in the upper quartile if the range and the FT3 in the mid-

upper quartile..the once a year bloods for hash'is are better done

more often and never take your meds in the morning before the blood

is drawn..that gives a false elevation as the hormones begin to work

within a few hours on a daily basis. Other tests can be done to see

if you have a 'hot' spot

http://www.muhealth.org/~daveg/thyroid/thy_test.html

http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section2/chapter8/8a.jsp

Gillian

> > >

> > > 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

> >

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