Re: Re: Endo won't allow RT3 test to be done/NEVER WILL

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I would fire that endo. www.privatemdlabs.com has Reverse T3 test for $59.49

Subject: Re: Endo won't allow RT3 test to be done/NEVER WILLTo: RT3_T3 Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 4:50 PM

I got my own RT3 test through Econolabs.com My Dr. was annoyed with me for getting it. I doubt your doctor will ever order it for you (mine wouldn't). I'd bet money he doesn't have a clue about it. I think most doctors are inexcusably ignorant on the RT3 subject, and what limited info they can be bothered to absorb they then regurgitate as "that dangerous stuff". Willful ignorance, is what it is, IMHO.>> Hi All, > > I have a regular once every 4 months visit with my endo next Friday. I go to the town he is on Monday to get blood drawn, then I see him on Friday. I called to request a RT3 test to be run on it and he refused! He told his secretary that "he was not happy that I requested

that"! As though I'm worried about his happiness! I guess it'll make him happy to make me drive another 30 miles to go get another blood test on another day after we have our appointment. Honestly I can't understand that reasoning. I think it may be because he has no idea of what this is and why it may be necessary so he's putting me off of it. > > I do expect I'll get a wrist-slap too for taking myself off of Naturethroid and beginning Cytomel on my own (well, with Dr. Peatfield's help and the help of this group). > > Any encouragements for me as I prepare to see him next week? > > I'm taking 20 mcg T3 in divided doses (experimenting with 3 to 4 times daily) now and I like how it helps me. It's similar to the initial feelings I had when I first started Naturethroid and got the T3 "lift". However, I never could get over 3/4 - 1 grain of it; I'd start developing muscle and joint pain. > > Thanks for

any commesurating with me. I know many of you have had a much more difficult time with endos/GPs... .Deborah>