RE: Blood tests - advice please

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TSH is insufficient - this is a hormone secreted by the

pituitary to tell the thyroid gland to start pumping out more thyroid hormone when

it detects there is insufficient in the blood. We need to know what our levels

of free T4 (the mainly inactive thyroid hormone) and the level of free T3 (the

active thyroid hormone that every cell in our body and brain needs to make them

function). There are over 250,000 citizens in the UK alone who are suffering

with peripheral resistance to thyroid hormone at the cellular level and who

need the active thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) - but do these blood

tests tell the doctor that - NO, they do not - so doctors think that because

their patient has normal levels of thyroid hormone in the blood (secreted by

the thyroid gland), who is on a good dose of levothyroxine - who still complain

of symptoms - that they are suffering from a " functional somatoform

disorder " , meaning, it's all on their head. Do doctors even know that many

of their patients might be showing NORMAL serum levels of thyroid hormone

secreted by the thyroid gland - but the active thyroid hormone is unable to get

into the cells - so they carry on suffering symptoms.

I would write a letter to your GP (because doctors pay more

attention to the written word than they do to the spoken word). In that letter,

list the Thyroid Function Tests you need i.e TSH, free T4, free T3 and if you

have never been tested before, ask to be checked to see whether you have antibodies

to your thyroid. These tests are TPO and TgAb.

Ask also to have your levels of ferritin, vitamin B12, vitamin

D3, magnesium, folate, copper and zinc tested. These are important because if

ANY of them are low in the reference range, again, thyroid hormone cannot be properly

absorbed by the cells. If your doctor tries to tell you that there is no

connection between low levels of these specific minerals/vitamins and symptoms

of hypothyroidism, then copy out the attached document showing just a few of

the references to the research done to show that there is, and that they should

be supplemented until these levels have risen.

Last, ask for your letter of requests to be placed into your

medical notes, and send a copy to the Head of practice. Be sure to keep a copy

yourself in case it is needed at a later date.

Attached is another document showing the many associated

conditions that will stop thyroid hormone from working.

Luv - Sheila

Have been hypothyroid since 1996 (I think) 150

mcg of Levo, B12 jabs monthly and Cipralex - am due blood tests - what should I

be asking for? Demanding even !!!!!Any advice from you knowledgeable ones would

be greatly appreciated.Usually they just check TSH.

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LOW MINERALS AND VITAMINS AND THE THYROID CONNECTION.doc