Re: An iron question

[Guest guest]

Bummer about the ferritin.

Here is the link to Nick's website:

http://thyroid-rt3.com/

Heidi

[Guest guest]

Thanks Heidi...bookmarked it this time!!!

Think I should wait on starting T3, or if I go slow along with adding in the iron, think it will be okay?

I was so bummed since it was 71 when I had it tested in December. Had I know it was going to go down, I would have been supplementing with iron all this time. Grrrr....

Terri

From: moonlithorses

Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:11 PM

To: RT3_T3

Subject: Re: An iron question

Bummer about the ferritin.Here is the link to Nick's website:http://thyroid-rt3.com/Heidi

[Guest guest]

Thanks Heidi...bookmarked it this time!!!

Think I should wait on starting T3, or if I go slow along with adding in the iron, think it will be okay?

I was so bummed since it was 71 when I had it tested in December. Had I know it was going to go down, I would have been supplementing with iron all this time. Grrrr....

Terri

From: moonlithorses

Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:11 PM

To: RT3_T3

Subject: Re: An iron question

Bummer about the ferritin.Here is the link to Nick's website:http://thyroid-rt3.com/Heidi

[Guest guest]

I don't know. Nick or Val will know the answer.

Heidi

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> Thanks Heidi...bookmarked it this time!!!

>

> Think I should wait on starting T3, or if I go slow along with adding in the

iron, think it will be okay?

>

> I was so bummed since it was 71 when I had it tested in December. Had I know

it was going to go down, I would have been supplementing with iron all this

time. Grrrr....

>

> Terri

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>

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[Guest guest]

I'm thinking that your iron really needs to come up more, and since you are not

tolerating T3, that makes sense.

Remember that ferritin can be elevated for various reasons apart from iron

status. Your iron levels are not great. I'm posting my recent iron panel with

the ranges, and at the end of the line are Val's recommendations for target

levels. Your ranges are slightly different but by comparing you can see that

you have a ways to go.

Ferritin 64 ng/mL (6-250) Goal: Over 100

> Iron 44 ug/dL (30-150) Goal: 100-110

> TIBC 326 ug/dL (250-450) Goal: 270-290

> Iron Saturation 13% (15-50) Goal: @40-45

I had a " great leap forward " when I got my first iron IV.

Sherry

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> I know that with our ferritin level being below 70, that it makes it harder to

raise the T3. My question is, should I really wait a few more months to start

T3? I started a small dose the other day

> (6.25 at 9 am and then 1 pm). The second dose made me feel awful. So I know

that probably means I should start with just the morning dose and add the second

dose in 3-5 days later, depending on temps and pulse. In December my ferritin

(without supplementation) was 71, and I had it re-tested last week just so I

could have a starting point for iron and thyroid levels. Well, I got my ferritin

back and it has gone down to 47.7, which I kind of suspected. So I have been

supplementing iron for the past week. I only started with 2 Bluebonnets and also

molasses. I didn't want to overdo it, because I wanted to make sure what my

levels were first. With my results now, I will increase it up to 200 mg a day.

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> I can't find Nick's website link or I would look it up. But do you think it's

okay to start with a small dose of T3 along with the 150-200 mg of iron, or

should I really wait until my level is higher?

>

> I didn't get my FT3 (it was on my lab request, but lab forgot it), but this is

what I did get:

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> TSH 2.67 (.4-4)

> FT4 .8 (.8 - 1.9)

> RT3 212 (90 - 350)

>

> Ferritin 47.7 (6 - 159)

> Transferring 252 (202 - 336)

> Iron Binding Capacity 315 (255 - 450)

> Iron 89 (28 - 170)

> UIBC 233 (155 - 300)

> TIBC 322 (183 - 470)

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> My FT4 is low WITHOUT any thyroid medication. Does that mean anything? Or

can't tell without FT3? Waiting for doctor's office to call back about the FT3

not being on the lab report.

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