Re: Drs Visit Yesterday - ftao : Sheila &

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Thanks for the time you've taken to reply to all my posts - just wanted to

update you as to how I got on.

I wont go into all that was said but basically, because my bloods were in the

labs opinion 'normal' range & I hadn't been in to see her to complain about

symptoms she assumed that everything was well & she only increases medication if

the patient has symptoms. She was surprised that I had never felt completely

well & offered to send me to an Endo. I suggested that we get my TSH to at

least 1, my ft4 at the higher end & if I still have symptoms then I will go see

the Endo. If things don't improve with him then I'll do a trial period of NDT

which she has never heard of & I don't think she will prescribe but she wasn't

opposed to me trying it via clinic in Belfast. So in 6 weeks I get retested &

Levo increased each time until 1. She did emphasise she's a GP not a specialist

in the subject which was rather humble I thought.

Lesson for me was - make sure the GP knows how you feel & don't assume just

because you phone & get a blood test done that the GP automatically knows how

you're feeling - I assumed that because I asked for the tests to be done, she

would know I wasn't feeling well & was refusing to up my levo.

Take care,

Dot