Re: Corrected labs - new member A.Keel

[Guest guest]

The fastest way to raise ferritin is with IV iron, the one I get is " Venofer " .

In weeks it will raise ferritin to levels that it would take months for oral

iron to achieve.

I probably sound like the Venofer Salesperson by now. But it really did help me

a lot. Most doctors don't seem to even be aware of it, and since so many here

are struggling so hard to get their ferritin up, I guess I will keep singing

Venofer's praises.

>

> Hello all. First of all, I want to thank for her email. That is

> definitely going in my pile for my endocrinologist to see. I have suffered a

> lot from hypo symptoms for at least two years, and from reading here and other

> places, decided to quit taking Synthroid and now only take the T3. I do have

> Hashi's, plus a large goiter, but I am not clear whether the Hashi's is really

> involved in my RT3 problem. I have extremely heavy menses (have complained for

> many years too!) and now I have a ferritin of 20. I have ended up anemic at

> least 3 times in my life, and want to try to get this problem resolved. I am

> working on building my iron stores back up using Poly-Iron 150 twice daily.

It's

> the only iron I can tolerate, but will address this problem with my endo next

> week as the constipation is unbearable.

>

> Here are my numbers from 2/3/2010

>

> Female

> 5'-4 "

> Wt. 140

>

> > Leptin, serum 6.0 1.1 - 27.5

> > Free T4 - 1.30 .82 - 1.77

> > Free T3 - 2.5 2.0 - 4.4

> > Reverse T3 - 269

> > Ferritin, serum 20 10 - 291

> > glucose, plasma 79 65 - 99

> > Insulin 3.0 0.0 - 24.9

> >

> > Chol,, total 222 100 - 199

> > TG 73 0 - 149

> > HDL 74 over 39

> > LDL calc 134 0 - 99

> > VLDL Calc 15 5 - 40

>

> Any advice on my numbers and what I should present to my doctor would be

greatly

> appreciated. Please also tell me about my RT3 problem (how it's calculated.)

> Also, I am wondering if a hysterectomy would correct the iron situation and

> therefore correct the underlying problem with the RT3? I have a hard time

> believing you can cure RT3 once (thru 's protocol) and then not have the

> problem recur. I also wonder if this is related to the Hashi's, and what I can

> do about it.

>

> I eat a modified South Beach plan (includes some saturated fats) but no grains

> or sugar ever and get around 1700 calories daily. I exercise moderately -

about

> 4 times weekly - doing interval training and strength training. I would like

to

> lose 6 - 8 pounds, but am not wanting to make my RT3 problem worse going very

> low carb or low cal or by overtraining. I lose about .3 pounds per week on

this

> plan. I was a fitness trainer also for 22 years but have been retired for a

> decade now.

>

> My lipids were a lot better before the hypo symptoms started two years ago. It

> got so bad before the endo gave me T3 with the hair loss that I blew up our

> central vac in our house! I have taken the temps as well and will be glad to

> post if it will help. Basal always in the 96's and I never reach 98. Did it

for

> 5 days.

>

> I enjoy reading all the posts here. Great people and great information and I

> feel lucky to have found such a place.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Margery! Will be mentioning that on my appt. Mar. 2nd!

> >

> > Hello all. First of all, I want to thank for her email. That is

> > definitely going in my pile for my endocrinologist to see. I have suffered a

> > lot from hypo symptoms for at least two years, and from reading here and

other

> > places, decided to quit taking Synthroid and now only take the T3. I do have

> > Hashi's, plus a large goiter, but I am not clear whether the Hashi's is

really

> > involved in my RT3 problem. I have extremely heavy menses (have complained

for

> > many years too!) and now I have a ferritin of 20. I have ended up anemic at

> > least 3 times in my life, and want to try to get this problem resolved. I am

> > working on building my iron stores back up using Poly-Iron 150 twice daily.

It's

> > the only iron I can tolerate, but will address this problem with my endo

next

> > week as the constipation is unbearable.

> >

> > Here are my numbers from 2/3/2010

> >

> > Female

> > 5'-4 "

> > Wt. 140

> >

> > > Leptin, serum 6.0 1.1 - 27.5

> > > Free T4 - 1.30 .82 - 1.77

> > > Free T3 - 2.5 2.0 - 4.4

> > > Reverse T3 - 269

> > > Ferritin, serum 20 10 - 291

> > > glucose, plasma 79 65 - 99

> > > Insulin 3.0 0.0 - 24.9

> > >

> > > Chol,, total 222 100 - 199

> > > TG 73 0 - 149

> > > HDL 74 over 39

> > > LDL calc 134 0 - 99

> > > VLDL Calc 15 5 - 40

> >

> > Any advice on my numbers and what I should present to my doctor would be

greatly

> > appreciated. Please also tell me about my RT3 problem (how it's calculated.)

> > Also, I am wondering if a hysterectomy would correct the iron situation and

> > therefore correct the underlying problem with the RT3? I have a hard time

> > believing you can cure RT3 once (thru 's protocol) and then not have

the

> > problem recur. I also wonder if this is related to the Hashi's, and what I

can

> > do about it.

> >

> > I eat a modified South Beach plan (includes some saturated fats) but no

grains

> > or sugar ever and get around 1700 calories daily. I exercise moderately -

about

> > 4 times weekly - doing interval training and strength training. I would like

to

> > lose 6 - 8 pounds, but am not wanting to make my RT3 problem worse going

very

> > low carb or low cal or by overtraining. I lose about .3 pounds per week on

this

> > plan. I was a fitness trainer also for 22 years but have been retired for a

> > decade now.

> >

> > My lipids were a lot better before the hypo symptoms started two years ago.

It

> > got so bad before the endo gave me T3 with the hair loss that I blew up our

> > central vac in our house! I have taken the temps as well and will be glad to

> > post if it will help. Basal always in the 96's and I never reach 98. Did it

for

> > 5 days.

> >

> > I enjoy reading all the posts here. Great people and great information and I

> > feel lucky to have found such a place.

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

To those of you who have had iron IV's - how hard was it to convince your doctor

to give them to you? And what did your ferritin and iron labs look like before

the IV's?

~Rainbow~

30 year old Female 5'6 " 135lbs

Dx: Hashi's, AF, Wheat Sensitivity

Rx/OTC: Cynomel 56.25mcg, HC 27.5mg, Florinef 1tab,

Potassium 90mEq, Sea Salt 3/4tsp

My Log and Labs: http://tinyurl.com/pvgjmb

My Blog: http://hyporainbow.wordpress.com

>

> The fastest way to raise ferritin is with IV iron, the one I get is " Venofer " .

In weeks it will raise ferritin to levels that it would take months for oral

iron to achieve.

>

> I probably sound like the Venofer Salesperson by now. But it really did help

me a lot. Most doctors don't seem to even be aware of it, and since so many

here are struggling so hard to get their ferritin up, I guess I will keep

singing Venofer's praises.

[Guest guest]

It depends on the doctor. Some doctors believe that low ferritin is unimportant

and has no symptoms, that only anemia (low circulating serum iron) should be

treated. (I was dragging around half-alive with a ferritin of 12 and had a

doctor tell me " ferritin is just storage iron, it's not important " .)

Then I found a more knowledgeable doctor, who understood the crucial role

ferritin plays in thyroid (and other) areas of health, and he gladly prescribed

me Venofer IV's, his goal was keeping my ferritin over 80 (at which levels I

felt tremendously better.)

I believe the Venofer info says to get six IVs, wait a week, then re-test iron.

Starting with a dismally low ferritin of 12, I got the full set of six IVs,

which got my ferritin up to 100. But someone who is starting from a higher

ferritin level than my 12 may not need all six IVs. I believe there was a post

here recently from someone who started with a ferritin level in the 20's or

30's, and only two IVs got them over 100.

Hope this helps.

> >

> > The fastest way to raise ferritin is with IV iron, the one I get is

" Venofer " . In weeks it will raise ferritin to levels that it would take months

for oral iron to achieve.

> >

> > I probably sound like the Venofer Salesperson by now. But it really did

help me a lot. Most doctors don't seem to even be aware of it, and since so

many here are struggling so hard to get their ferritin up, I guess I will keep

singing Venofer's praises.

>

[Guest guest]

Did you have iron labs run before the IV's as well, or just ferritin?

In my case, ferritin is actually high but all iron levels are low, so the

ferritin must be falsely elevated. I'm just hoping my doc won't turn me away

because of that.

~Rainbow~

30 year old Female 5'6 " 135lbs

Dx: Hashi's, AF, Wheat Sensitivity

Rx/OTC: Cynomel 56.25mcg, HC 27.5mg, Florinef 1tab,

Potassium 90mEq, Sea Salt 3/4tsp

My Log and Labs: http://tinyurl.com/pvgjmb

My Blog: http://hyporainbow.wordpress.com

>

> It depends on the doctor. Some doctors believe that low ferritin is

unimportant and has no symptoms, that only anemia (low circulating serum iron)

should be treated. (I was dragging around half-alive with a ferritin of 12 and

had a doctor tell me " ferritin is just storage iron, it's not important " .)

>

> Then I found a more knowledgeable doctor, who understood the crucial role

ferritin plays in thyroid (and other) areas of health, and he gladly prescribed

me Venofer IV's, his goal was keeping my ferritin over 80 (at which levels I

felt tremendously better.)

>

> I believe the Venofer info says to get six IVs, wait a week, then re-test

iron. Starting with a dismally low ferritin of 12, I got the full set of six

IVs, which got my ferritin up to 100. But someone who is starting from a higher

ferritin level than my 12 may not need all six IVs. I believe there was a post

here recently from someone who started with a ferritin level in the 20's or

30's, and only two IVs got them over 100.

>

> Hope this helps.

[Guest guest]

Running complete iron labs before getting IV Venofer iron is what I do. TIBC,

Iron Serum, CBC, Ferritin Serum (Val may have more that she recommends). If

your ferritin is falsely elevated (for example, by inflammation) you can re-test

in a week or so; depending on what is elevating it, you may get a more accurate

result then.

> >

> > It depends on the doctor. Some doctors believe that low ferritin is

unimportant and has no symptoms, that only anemia (low circulating serum iron)

should be treated. (I was dragging around half-alive with a ferritin of 12 and

had a doctor tell me " ferritin is just storage iron, it's not important " .)

> >

> > Then I found a more knowledgeable doctor, who understood the crucial role

ferritin plays in thyroid (and other) areas of health, and he gladly prescribed

me Venofer IV's, his goal was keeping my ferritin over 80 (at which levels I

felt tremendously better.)

> >

> > I believe the Venofer info says to get six IVs, wait a week, then re-test

iron. Starting with a dismally low ferritin of 12, I got the full set of six

IVs, which got my ferritin up to 100. But someone who is starting from a higher

ferritin level than my 12 may not need all six IVs. I believe there was a post

here recently from someone who started with a ferritin level in the 20's or

30's, and only two IVs got them over 100.

> >

> > Hope this helps.

>