Re: Help needed with lab results

[Guest guest]

How is your blood pressure? with the added Licorice here it should

have gone up and you should feel warmer??? Have you taken your temp

as well??? You sound better you know!!! Much better number for your

tsh!! your pituitary is putting out less stimulation because your

meds are working better it appears to be. Be careful with the

increase, you are dropping nicely. If you feel ever too jittery or

heart racing drop back on your meds.

Your body is using more t4 and it's making more t3, you may start to

feel a bit hyper with the added t3, watch for this.

Healing your adreanls does cause your thyroid medication to work

better, so the doctor probably does not know you are taking adrenal

supplements--so be very careful with increasing your dose on levoxyl.

Next time ask for a dhea test this way we can see how the adrenals

are doing????

how are you feeling??????

-- In hypothyroidism , <suser@a...> wrote:

> I received the info from my blood draw on Monday. Due to results

they upped Levoxyl from 125mcg to 137 mcg. Need some help

interpreting what all this means!

>

> Results - Specimen Date 4/19/04, 11:52 a.m.

> T3 Uptake 37.1 H (out of range) 25-36%

> T4 (Thyroxine) 11.7 (within range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

> Free Thyroxine Index 4.3 H (out of range) 1.4 - 3.7

> TSH 2.7 (within range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

>

> Last months results to compare:

> Specimen Date 3/4/04, 4:17 p.m.

> T3 Uptake 33.7 (within range) 25-36%

> T4 (Thyroxine) 12.3 H (out of range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

> Free Thyroxine Index 4.1 H (out of range) 1.4-3.7

> TSH 5.6 H (out of range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

>

> I think the lab is still using the old values???? Searched all

over the place and couldn't find the danged revised values!!!

>

> Interesting that the T3 uptake was within range last month - out of

range this month. All others were out of range last month - and this

month Free T4 is out of range.... does that mean that I have extra

T4 that's not being converted to T3?

>

> I started the Raw Adrenal Glandulars " Fatigued to Fantastic " on

April 10, here's the ingredients: (maybe this effects tests?) been

taking 2 a day - 3 hours after Levoxyl -

> Supplement Facts:

> Serving Size: 2 capsules

> Serving per container 25

> Amount per 2

capsules %

DV

> Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and from rose hips) 150 mg

250%

> Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCI) 50

mg 2,500%

> Pantothenic Acid (as calcium D-pantothenate) 100 mg

1,000%

> Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions† 400

mg **

>

Betaine

250 mg **

> L-

Tyrosine

250 mg **

> Licorice (Glyycyrrhiza glabra)

> Root and Rhizome Extract standardized 200

mg **

> to contain 5% glycyrrhizic acid

> Adrenal Cortex

Extract 33 mg **

> -------------------------------------------------------

>

>

> Thanks!!! Any help/advise greatly appreciated!!!

>

> TTFN!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

just a quick note, susan...gotta leave for work in a sec.

I'm not the best person to help anyone figure out lab work...still trying to

figure all that out myself.

the new " normal values " for TSH is 0.3 - 3.0 ...your TSH of 2.7 is in the normal

range, but some of us feel better when our TSH is even lower.

i *think* that your high free T4 might mean you've got excess T4 floating around

that's not being used at the cellular level...not positive...no time to check it

out...off to work.

sorry I'm not so helpful. talk to you tonight! {{{hugs}}}sheila

suser@... wrote:

I received the info from my blood draw on Monday. Due to results they upped

Levoxyl from 125mcg to 137 mcg. Need some help interpreting what all this means!

Results - Specimen Date 4/19/04, 11:52 a.m.

T3 Uptake 37.1 H (out of range) 25-36%

T4 (Thyroxine) 11.7 (within range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

Free Thyroxine Index 4.3 H (out of range) 1.4 - 3.7

TSH 2.7 (within range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

Last months results to compare:

Specimen Date 3/4/04, 4:17 p.m.

T3 Uptake 33.7 (within range) 25-36%

T4 (Thyroxine) 12.3 H (out of range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

Free Thyroxine Index 4.1 H (out of range) 1.4-3.7

TSH 5.6 H (out of range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

I think the lab is still using the old values???? Searched all over the place

and couldn't find the danged revised values!!!

Interesting that the T3 uptake was within range last month - out of range this

month. All others were out of range last month - and this month Free T4 is out

of range.... does that mean that I have extra T4 that's not being converted to

T3?

I started the Raw Adrenal Glandulars " Fatigued to Fantastic " on April 10, here's

the ingredients: (maybe this effects tests?) been taking 2 a day - 3 hours after

Levoxyl -

Supplement Facts:

Serving Size: 2 capsules

Serving per container 25

Amount per 2 capsules % DV

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and from rose hips) 150 mg 250%

Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCI) 50 mg 2,500%

Pantothenic Acid (as calcium D-pantothenate) 100 mg 1,000%

Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions† 400 mg **

Betaine 250 mg **

L-Tyrosine 250 mg **

Licorice (Glyycyrrhiza glabra)

Root and Rhizome Extract standardized 200 mg **

to contain 5% glycyrrhizic acid

Adrenal Cortex Extract 33 mg **

-------------------------------------------------------

Thanks!!! Any help/advise greatly appreciated!!!

TTFN!

[Guest guest]

i *think* that your high free T4 might mean you've got excess T4

floating around

that's not being used at the cellular level...not positive...no time

to check it

out...off to work.

You are 100% right here Shelia--Which means susan you are not

coverting as much as you could but if you did you would have excess

t3 --

this shows your body is trying to compenstate for the lack of

cortisol--susan you have much more adrenal involvement than we all

know given all the info you just provided---what you need to do is

add isocort---(only adrenal glandular) ---to your supplements---tell

me again everything you take, how much too---thanks tina

> I received the info from my blood draw on Monday. Due to results

they upped Levoxyl from 125mcg to 137 mcg. Need some help

interpreting what all this means!

>

> Results - Specimen Date 4/19/04, 11:52 a.m.

> T3 Uptake 37.1 H (out of range) 25-36%

> T4 (Thyroxine) 11.7 (within range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

> Free Thyroxine Index 4.3 H (out of range) 1.4 - 3.7

> TSH 2.7 (within range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

>

> Last months results to compare:

> Specimen Date 3/4/04, 4:17 p.m.

> T3 Uptake 33.7 (within range) 25-36%

> T4 (Thyroxine) 12.3 H (out of range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

> Free Thyroxine Index 4.1 H (out of range) 1.4-3.7

> TSH 5.6 H (out of range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

>

> I think the lab is still using the old values???? Searched all over

the place and couldn't find the danged revised values!!!

>

> Interesting that the T3 uptake was within range last month - out of

range this month. All others were out of range last month - and this

month Free T4 is out of range.... does that mean that I have extra T4

that's not being converted to T3?

>

> I started the Raw Adrenal Glandulars " Fatigued to Fantastic " on

April 10, here's the ingredients: (maybe this effects tests?) been

taking 2 a day - 3 hours after Levoxyl -

> Supplement Facts:

> Serving Size: 2 capsules

> Serving per container 25

> Amount per 2 capsules % DV

> Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and from rose hips) 150 mg 250%

> Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCI) 50 mg 2,500%

> Pantothenic Acid (as calcium D-pantothenate) 100 mg 1,000%

> Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions† 400 mg **

> Betaine 250 mg **

> L-Tyrosine 250 mg **

> Licorice (Glyycyrrhiza glabra)

> Root and Rhizome Extract standardized 200 mg **

> to contain 5% glycyrrhizic acid

> Adrenal Cortex Extract 33 mg **

> -------------------------------------------------------

>

>

> Thanks!!! Any help/advise greatly appreciated!!!

>

> TTFN!

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Sheila -

I believe he wants TSH to be on the low side, I was kind of thinking the same

way about the T4 - it's not being put to good use - just chillin! hehe!

And yes, you are helpful!!!!

xoxo

Re: Help needed with lab results

just a quick note, susan...gotta leave for work in a sec.

I'm not the best person to help anyone figure out lab work...still trying to

figure all that out myself.

the new " normal values " for TSH is 0.3 - 3.0 ...your TSH of 2.7 is in the

normal range, but some of us feel better when our TSH is even lower.

i *think* that your high free T4 might mean you've got excess T4 floating

around that's not being used at the cellular level...not positive...no time to

check it out...off to work.

sorry I'm not so helpful. talk to you tonight! {{{hugs}}}sheila

suser@... wrote:

I received the info from my blood draw on Monday. Due to results they upped

Levoxyl from 125mcg to 137 mcg. Need some help interpreting what all this means!

Results - Specimen Date 4/19/04, 11:52 a.m.

T3 Uptake 37.1 H (out of range) 25-36%

T4 (Thyroxine) 11.7 (within range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

Free Thyroxine Index 4.3 H (out of range) 1.4 - 3.7

TSH 2.7 (within range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

Last months results to compare:

Specimen Date 3/4/04, 4:17 p.m.

T3 Uptake 33.7 (within range) 25-36%

T4 (Thyroxine) 12.3 H (out of range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

Free Thyroxine Index 4.1 H (out of range) 1.4-3.7

TSH 5.6 H (out of range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

I think the lab is still using the old values???? Searched all over the place

and couldn't find the danged revised values!!!

Interesting that the T3 uptake was within range last month - out of range this

month. All others were out of range last month - and this month Free T4 is out

of range.... does that mean that I have extra T4 that's not being converted to

T3?

I started the Raw Adrenal Glandulars " Fatigued to Fantastic " on April 10,

here's the ingredients: (maybe this effects tests?) been taking 2 a day - 3

hours after Levoxyl -

Supplement Facts:

Serving Size: 2 capsules

Serving per container 25

Amount per 2 capsules % DV

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and from rose hips) 150 mg 250%

Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCI) 50 mg 2,500%

Pantothenic Acid (as calcium D-pantothenate) 100 mg 1,000%

Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions? 400 mg **

Betaine 250 mg **

L-Tyrosine 250 mg **

Licorice (Glyycyrrhiza glabra)

Root and Rhizome Extract standardized 200 mg **

to contain 5% glycyrrhizic acid

Adrenal Cortex Extract 33 mg **

-------------------------------------------------------

Thanks!!! Any help/advise greatly appreciated!!!

TTFN!

[Guest guest]

Hi , I have a hard time with figuring out the lab results...because of my

dyscalculia. Like with algebra, I start seeing numbers everywhere when there's a

lot of them and get all confused. They just look all jumbled and sometimes I

just feel like I have no clue...ya know.

That happens with my algebra a lot. I will completely botch a problem and spend

an hour trying to figure it out and turns out I just copied a number wrong. I do

that so much, but the other day I had one of those days that it wasn't too bad.

Anyway, this is my second day taking the digestive enzymes and MSM. So far so

good...no problems.

Take it easy!! Hugs, sheila

suser@... wrote:

Thanks Sheila -

I believe he wants TSH to be on the low side, I was kind of thinking the same

way about the T4 - it's not being put to good use - just chillin! hehe!

And yes, you are helpful!!!!

xoxo

Re: Help needed with lab results

just a quick note, susan...gotta leave for work in a sec.

I'm not the best person to help anyone figure out lab work...still trying to

figure all that out myself.

the new " normal values " for TSH is 0.3 - 3.0 ...your TSH of 2.7 is in the

normal range, but some of us feel better when our TSH is even lower.

i *think* that your high free T4 might mean you've got excess T4 floating

around that's not being used at the cellular level...not positive...no time to

check it out...off to work.

sorry I'm not so helpful. talk to you tonight! {{{hugs}}}sheila

suser@... wrote:

I received the info from my blood draw on Monday. Due to results they upped

Levoxyl from 125mcg to 137 mcg. Need some help interpreting what all this means!

Results - Specimen Date 4/19/04, 11:52 a.m.

T3 Uptake 37.1 H (out of range) 25-36%

T4 (Thyroxine) 11.7 (within range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

Free Thyroxine Index 4.3 H (out of range) 1.4 - 3.7

TSH 2.7 (within range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

Last months results to compare:

Specimen Date 3/4/04, 4:17 p.m.

T3 Uptake 33.7 (within range) 25-36%

T4 (Thyroxine) 12.3 H (out of range) 4.5-12.0 ug/dL

Free Thyroxine Index 4.1 H (out of range) 1.4-3.7

TSH 5.6 H (out of range) 0.3-5.5 uIU/mL

I think the lab is still using the old values???? Searched all over the place

and couldn't find the danged revised values!!!

Interesting that the T3 uptake was within range last month - out of range this

month. All others were out of range last month - and this month Free T4 is out

of range.... does that mean that I have extra T4 that's not being converted to

T3?

I started the Raw Adrenal Glandulars " Fatigued to Fantastic " on April 10,

here's the ingredients: (maybe this effects tests?) been taking 2 a day - 3

hours after Levoxyl -

Supplement Facts:

Serving Size: 2 capsules

Serving per container 25

Amount per 2 capsules % DV

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid and from rose hips) 150 mg 250%

Vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine HCI) 50 mg 2,500%

Pantothenic Acid (as calcium D-pantothenate) 100 mg 1,000%

Adrenal Polypeptide Fractions? 400 mg **

Betaine 250 mg **

L-Tyrosine 250 mg **

Licorice (Glyycyrrhiza glabra)

Root and Rhizome Extract standardized 200 mg **

to contain 5% glycyrrhizic acid

Adrenal Cortex Extract 33 mg **

-------------------------------------------------------

Thanks!!! Any help/advise greatly appreciated!!!

TTFN!