Re: RT3 cleared so fast? Should I try Armour/Erfa?

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Forgot to post:

12/24/09:

TSH: 49.8

AST: 60

ALT: 75 (My internist says to go for an abdominal sonogram) and I think this is

related to my high TSH

vitamin d 25-hydroxy: 41.5

hemoglobin A1c: 4.3 (dunno how to bring this up)

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> This is fabulous news, I think:

> On November 12 2009 I found out I have an RT3 issue. I had been taking 100

mcg. levoxyl plus 5 mcg. cytomel.

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> I stopped taking levoxyl and slowly increased cytomel from 5 mcg and now am up

to 40 mcg.

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> (I'm also taking cortef. (I started on Fludrocortisone and potassium about a

week and a half ago, so will retest electolytes next week)

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> These are my labs for 11/04/09

> WBC: 3.4 (4.0-10.5)

> RBC: 3.87 (3.8-5.1)

> glucose: 78 (65-99)

> creatinine:.81 (.57-1.0)

> Bun: 13 (5-26)

> sodium: 139

> potassium: 3.8

> AST: 18

> ALT: 15

> phosphorus: 3.4 (2.5-4.5)

> Iron binding cap. 276

> UIBC: 181

> ANA negative (I've had thyroid cancer, and my ANA has been elevated until now)

> estradiol: 22

> TSH: 5.4 (.45-4.5)

> LDH: 140 (100-250)

> T3: 68 (83-200)

> magnesium: 2.0 (1.6-2.6)

> RT3: 429 (90-350)

> cortisol, 9 a.m.: 10.7

> ACTH,plasma: 11

> platelets; 165

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> New labs: 12/24/09, fasting as well

> WBC: 5.1 Hurray!

> RBC: 3.76 (3.8-5.1)

> RDW: 15.4 (11.7-15.0) Dunno what this means

> platelets: 144 (140-415) Dunno why this went down

> glucose: 86 (hurray, an improvement)

> bun: 11

> creatinine: .64 (.57-1.0) better than Nov. labs

> ANA negative, hurray

> T4 free, direct: .07 (.82-1.77)

> DHEA-S: 6.6

> DHEA-S in Sept '09: 27

> T4: 0.6 (4.5-12.0) seems to correspond with the free t4

> T3: 108 (83-200)

> T3, free, serum: 2.5 (2.0-4.4)

> sed rate: 4

> magnesium, serum: 1.9 (1.6-2.6) this has gone down from 11/09

> ferritin: 15

> And now for the punchline:

> RT3: <17 (90-350)

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> So from 11/12/09 until 1/4/10 my RT3 problem has entirely disappeared!

> Should I try armour/erfa? Or stay on the cytomel?

> I have an appt. with the ND this week and want to know whether to give armour

a trial. My pharmacist claims he has the old armour in stock, in all dosages. He

says he stocked up when the shortage came up.

> Thanks!

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