GP appointment went better than I expected !!

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My GP has agreed to test the following:

Transferring saturation

Ferritin

B12

Vitamin D

Magnesium

Folate

Copper

Zinc

and TSH, T4, possibly T3 (if the lab agrees to it).

I was amazed, I was expecting her to only do the basics. All in all it was a

fairly good consultation. I told her that I respect her as a GP and in return

would like her to respect my new found knowledge and understanding of

hypothyroidism. I said that my goal was to reach optimal good health. I

informed her for the first time that I have been self medicating since September

2011 with NDT, she appeared shocked at this and raised the concern that a

suppressed TSH may result in osteoporosis and apparently this has been proven, I

need to research this further. Any guidance on this very welcome. I asked her

if she would agreed to monitor me if I decide to continue to self monitor. She

replied that she would wait to see what the blood tests show and agreed to

discuss it further. So I have an appointment on Wednesday to have my bloods

done and we will take it from there. I became very emotional during the

consultation much to my embarrassment but I guess it was just all my emotions

and frustrations flooding out.

Should I stop taking thyroid meds and vitamins and minerals until I have my

blood test on Wednesday?

Annie