Blood test results - not what I requested though!

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Hi all

After writing to my GP requesting a full re-evaluation of my thyroid condition, I have got the results back:

TSH - 0.27 (0.2 - 4)

FT4 -24.2 (9 - 19)

What does it mean when the TSH is in the bottom of the range? And does the high T4 mean that I'm not utilising it? Could it mean that I have RT3?

I didn't get the ferritin, copper, zinc etc that I requested, neither did I get the FT3 or thyroid antibodies, the reason being is - I am stable on T4!! However, my GP sent a message that I should reduce thyroxine from 200mcg to 150mcg.

I also had some other blood tests done to determine a possible reason for high blood pressure. I've listed some below that seem to be either high or low in the range. I don't have a clue what they mean, so any help interpreting them would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I need to be supplementing??

Mean cell haemoglobin level – 27.7 (27 – 35)

Red blood cell distribution width – 14.1 (0 – 14)

Do either of the above levels indicate low iron?

Thanks in anticipation

Gill x

[Guest guest]

Hi All

I'm bumping this thread in the hope that someone may be able to interpret my results for me. I posted them a few weeks ago but didn't get a response. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.... Gill x

[Guest guest]

Apologies Gill - sometimes if a message isn't responded to, it

is best to keep resending it with the one word at the top 'BUMPING' so others

will realise it has not yet been answered.

Your free T4 of 24.2 is way above the top of the reference range

which often happens if it is not converting to the active thyroid hormone T3.

It is T3 every cell in our body and brain needs to make them function. The high

free T4 shows the level of thyroxine in your blood, and if it is not converting

you will get symptoms of toxicity. Did they not test your free T3? You need to

be finding out why the thyroxine is not going anywhere and you should check out

the FILES section thyroid treatment/files/HYPOTHYROIDISM/

.. Open the FOLDER entitled 'Hypothyroidism' and scroll down to the bottom and

open the document 'Why thyroid hormone stops working' and you will see a number

of causes there. You need to check out each of them. You need also to get your

levels of specific minerals and vitamins tested, e.g. ferritin, vitamin B12,

vitamin D3, magnesium,. folate, copper and zinc to see whether any of these are

low in the reference range. If any of these are, the thyroid hormone cannot be

fully utilised at the cellular level until whatever is low has been

supplemented. You might find that when asking your doctor to test these, he

might tell you there is no association between these and low thyroid, so copy

out the document you will find in the 'Vitamins and Minerals' Folder (right at

the bottom), entitled 'Low Levels of vitamins and minerals' that shows just

some of the references to the studies and research done that shows there is a

connection.

When TSH is at the bottom of the range, it means the pituitary

recognises there is sufficient thyroxine in the blood, and boy, there sure is,

so the pituitary has no need to secrete any thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

to tell the thyroid gland to start secreting more - so it stays low. High T4

levels might indicate a rT3 problem but not necessarily so. I would check out

the above first to ensure that none of these are a problem for you.

We have to fight our corner, and if doctors are unsure of these

things, we have to 'educate' them in the nicest possible way.

Those tests you mentioned at the end of your message are nothing

to do with your levels of iron - iron needs testing separately.

Luv - Sheila

TSH -

0.27 (0.2 - 4)

FT4

-24.2 (9 - 19)

What

does it mean when the TSH is in the bottom of the range? And does the

high T4 mean that I'm not utilising it? Could it mean that I have RT3?

I didn't get the

ferritin, copper, zinc etc that I requested, neither did I get the FT3 or

thyroid antibodies, the reason being is - I am stable on T4!! However, my GP

sent a message that I should reduce thyroxine from 200mcg to 150mcg.

Mean

cell haemoglobin level – 27.7 (27 – 35)

Red

blood cell distribution width – 14.1 (0 – 14)

Do

either of the above levels indicate low iron?

Thanks

in anticipation

Gill

x

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[mailto:thyroid treatment ] On Behalf Of Gill

Sent: 21 July 2011 17:11

thyroid treatment

Subject: Re: Blood test results - not what I

requested though!

Hi All

I'm bumping this thread in

the hope that someone may be able to interpret my results for

me. I posted them a few weeks ago but didn't get a response. Any

help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.... Gill x

[Guest guest]

No worries Sheila, and thanks for your response.

No, they didn't test for T3, antibodies or any of the minerals, all of which I'd requested in my original letter to my doctor. She didn't even acknowledge my letter to be honest - she passed it on to the practice nurse to deal with! However, I did get a referral to an endo and my first appointment is next month, so for now I'm reading as much as I can and making notes of what I need to be discussing with him (well that's the plan!). I hope he is going to be a lot more thorough than the doctor!

Gill x

> Your free T4 of 24.2 is way above the top of the reference range which often> happens if it is not converting to the active thyroid hormone T3. It is T3> every cell in our body and brain needs to make them function. The high free> T4 shows the level of thyroxine in your blood, and if it is not converting> you will get symptoms of toxicity. Did they not test your free T3?