Which blood tests?

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Hi DanWrite a letter to the doctor explaining how ill she feels, go to thefiles and folders and take notes of the signs and symptoms forhypothyroid and include in the letter the ones that your wife has.That way she will be on record as having contacted the doc with allthose. Also, if you request the doc do a TSH, Free T3 and Free T4 on a letterI feel he may be more likely to do one as it is on her records.Explain why you are requesting it, because she is presenting withhypothyroid symptoms despite her treatment and the other blood testscoming back as though she were within normal ranges. Explain to thedoc that the T4 is a total T4 of which some is bound to proteins andnot available for the body, you want to see what is bioavailable, alsothat T4 is only used by the body when converted to T3.If he refuses, and I bow to the more experienced here, I should thinkTPOs are always going to be there to a greater or lesser degree, andthat the TSH should always be taken at the same time as the FT3 andthe FT4 levels so personally, if I were paying out for it, I wouldhave those 3 done.lotsa luvHope she feels better soonDawnx

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Hi ,

Since you are going to the expense of testing it is worth having TSH, FT3, FT4 and RT3 (RT3 and FT3 need to taken at the same time) as well as the salivary adrenal tests with dhea. I do not know anything about antibodies, but someone else will say.

I was in pain muscles & joints but mostly completely gone now (unless I get tired & need an extra 1/4 grain armour), so keep trying until she gets there.

Val

My question is which tests should we have carried out ?Complete thyroid profile or just Free T3 as T4 / TSH checkedperiodically by GP ?Is it worth checking antibodies again or are they there for life ?TPO ?

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Ooops silly me, sorry Shiela :S

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For some reason this post got forwarded to Shielas email instead of

answering the question so I may as well paste it in now, better late

than never and the other post I made above will make more sense too lol.

Hi Dan

Write a letter to the doctor explaining how ill she feels, go to the

files and folders and take notes of the signs and symptoms for

hypothyroid and include in the letter the ones that your wife has.

That way she will be on record as having contacted the doc with all

those.

Also, if you request the doc do a TSH, Free T3 and Free T4 on a letter

I feel he may be more likely to do one as it is on her records.

Explain why you are requesting it, because she is presenting with

hypothyroid symptoms despite her treatment and the other blood tests

coming back as though she were within normal ranges. Explain to the

doc that the T4 is a total T4 of which some is bound to proteins and

not available for the body, you want to see what is bioavailable, also

that T4 is only used by the body when converted to T3.

If he refuses, and I bow to the more experienced here, I should think

TPOs are always going to be there to a greater or lesser degree, and

that the TSH should always be taken at the same time as the FT3 and

the FT4 levels so personally, if I were paying out for it, I would

have those 3 done.

lotsa luv

Hope she feels better soon

Dawnx