My visit to Dr. S - No tears!

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Hi all,

just wanted to let you know that after a series of disappointing visits to NHS

endos which had me reduced to tears every time, I have been to see Dr Skinner

today and the only tears I cried today were tears of laughter because this man

has a hilarious sense of humour!

While it was very nice to talk to someone who actually listens, he couldn't

explain why my FT3 (4.4, ref 3.1-6.8) and FT4 (10, ref 12-22) are low despite a

relatively high dose of NDT (5 grains, Thiroyd from Thailand).

I think he was suspecting that the NDT from Thailand wasn't the greatest. He

gave me the choice to trial Armour instead or go with the synthetic T3+T4. As I

already have T4+T3 lying around at home anyway (just never used it in

combination), I said I will give that a try, which he agreed was the sensible

option. He told me to go on 400 mcg T4 and 20 mcg T3 for 3 weeks, then have

another blood test. I am not sure if his plan will work, but to be fair, it

can't get much worse to what it is at the moment, so I'll give it a bash...

He is also writing a letter to my GP, asking them to test my ferritin and do

some test for the parathyroids. I have no idea if I will get these tests done. I

have given 2 blood samples to test ferritin in the last 2 weeks as I have a

family history of haemochromatosis, but both times the lab refused to test!

Anyways, just wanted to let you know about this positive experience of my

thyroid odyssey!

Yvi