Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

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That is how mine would hurt when I still had a thyroid. I would get a pinching pain when I touched it, otherwise it would just hurt when I tried to swallow. Almost like if you eat dry bread to fast and it gets stuck, but would happen with anything including liquids. My pain would also come and go.

Kitty

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sat, April 24, 2010 12:12:36 PMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Its the left side of the throat ....no not the back. If I touch it it hurts and very tender. No don't notice the electrical shocks in it. Doesn't look swollen, but maybe slightly when I touch it compared to the right side. I went to my primary, and he looked inside, it's not a sore throat. He said maybe I sprained it, but I haven't done anything to sprain it. It went away for awhile after staying with me for almost a week or 2. Now it started hurting again the other day.

Liz,, when you say your "throat" is hurting, do you actually mean the back of the throat (on the inside), like it hurts when you have a bad cold? Or do you mean the front part of your neck? Is the area swollen and tender to the touch? Do you sometimes feel sharp little electrical shocks in it?

Hashimotos is when your body has developed antibodies against your thyroid. I don't know it it ever goes into a true remission but is treatable by suppressing your thyroid function with thyroid meds. DONT let them take it out! I had mine removed due to Hashi's and regret it

Kitty

From: "starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net" <starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net>To: RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Fri, April 23, 2010 6:59:47 PMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Trhank you terri, but what is actually hasmintos?? I have heard about it but don't know what it is. Is that a lifelong disease?

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From: "mom2matt" <mom2mattcomcast (DOT) net>

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:39:17 -0400

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Subject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Liz,

I will see what I can help with, and then someone else can chime in on anything else. First off, you have Hashimoto's (TBO is 17) since you have thyroid antibodies. Your RT3 is 10.34 and it needs to be over 20. So you will need T3 only. You ferritin has come up, but you need to get it to the 70-90 range, so keep taking your iron. You will have to go up on the T3 slowly because the ferritin is low. Your FT3 is low and also suggests hypothyroid. So, continue with 150-200mg of elemental iron, wait for your saliva results because you want your cortisol levels to be stable before adding in the T3.

Hope this helps!Terri

From: Whitfield

Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:07 PM

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Subject: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Here are my recent labs, please help me with these and what they mean? My new saliva tests should be here in the next week or 2.

TSH 1.130 (range 0.450-4.500)

Free T4 1.33(range 0.82-1.77)

Thyroxine T4 9.0 (range 4.5-12.0)

T3 Update 30 (range 24-39)

Free Thyroxine index 2.7 (range 1.2-4.9)

Free T-3 2.7 (range 2.0-4.4)

reverse T3 261 (range 90-350)

Thyroid Peroxidase (TBO) Ab 17 (range) 0-34

Antithyrogglobulin Ab <20 (range 0-40)

Ferritin serum 40 (range 13-150)

Last month's Labs

TSH 1.370 Range 0.450-4.500 T4 8.1 Range: 4.5-12.0 Reverse T3 306 Range; 90-350 TBO 10 Range 0-34 Free T3 2.6 Range

2.0-4.4

Ferritin 30

Thanks, Liz

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So what does that mean, when it hurts? Today it feels alittle bit better. It's weird how it acts up, comes and goes.

That is how mine would hurt when I still had a thyroid. I would get a pinching pain when I touched it, otherwise it would just hurt when I tried to swallow. Almost like if you eat dry bread to fast and it gets stuck, but would happen with anything including liquids. My pain would also come and go.

Kitty

From: Whitfield <starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net>To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sat, April 24, 2010 12:12:36 PMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them Its the left side of the throat ....no not the back. If I touch it it hurts and very tender. No don't notice the electrical shocks in it. Doesn't look swollen, but maybe slightly when I touch it compared to the right side. I went to my primary, and he looked inside, it's not a sore throat. He said maybe I sprained it, but I haven't done anything to sprain it. It went away for awhile after staying with me for almost a week or 2. Now it started hurting again the other day.

Liz,, when you say your "throat" is hurting, do you actually mean the back of the throat (on the inside), like it hurts when you have a bad cold? Or do you mean the front part of your neck? Is the area swollen and tender to the touch? Do you sometimes feel sharp little electrical shocks in it?

Hashimotos is when your body has developed antibodies against your thyroid. I don't know it it ever goes into a true remission but is treatable by suppressing your thyroid function with thyroid meds. DONT let them take it out! I had mine removed due to Hashi's and regret it

Kitty

From: "starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net" <starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net>To: RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Fri, April 23, 2010 6:59:47 PMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Trhank you terri, but what is actually hasmintos?? I have heard about it but don't know what it is. Is that a lifelong disease?

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From: "mom2matt" <mom2mattcomcast (DOT) net>

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:39:17 -0400

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Subject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Liz,

I will see what I can help with, and then someone else can chime in on anything else. First off, you have Hashimoto's (TBO is 17) since you have thyroid antibodies. Your RT3 is 10.34 and it needs to be over 20. So you will need T3 only. You ferritin has come up, but you need to get it to the 70-90 range, so keep taking your iron. You will have to go up on the T3 slowly because the ferritin is low. Your FT3 is low and also suggests hypothyroid. So, continue with 150-200mg of elemental iron, wait for your saliva results because you want your cortisol levels to be stable before adding in the T3.

Hope this helps!Terri

From: Whitfield

Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:07 PM

To: RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) com

Subject: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Here are my recent labs, please help me with these and what they mean? My new saliva tests should be here in the next week or 2.

TSH 1.130 (range 0.450-4.500)

Free T4 1.33(range 0.82-1.77)

Thyroxine T4 9.0 (range 4.5-12.0)

T3 Update 30 (range 24-39)

Free Thyroxine index 2.7 (range 1.2-4.9)

Free T-3 2.7 (range 2.0-4.4)

reverse T3 261 (range 90-350)

Thyroid Peroxidase (TBO) Ab 17 (range) 0-34

Antithyrogglobulin Ab <20 (range 0-40)

Ferritin serum 40 (range 13-150)

Last month's Labs

TSH 1.370 Range 0.450-4.500 T4 8.1 Range: 4.5-12.0 Reverse T3 306 Range; 90-350 TBO 10 Range 0-34 Free T3 2.6 Range

2.0-4.4

Ferritin 30

Thanks, Liz

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When the antibodies are active the tissue surrounding the organ gets irritated and hurts. I get the same pain now around my adrenal glands It isn't the the gland itself that hurts but the surrounding tissue.

Kitty

To: RT3_T3 Sent: Sun, April 25, 2010 11:20:16 AMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

So what does that mean, when it hurts? Today it feels alittle bit better. It's weird how it acts up, comes and goes.

That is how mine would hurt when I still had a thyroid. I would get a pinching pain when I touched it, otherwise it would just hurt when I tried to swallow. Almost like if you eat dry bread to fast and it gets stuck, but would happen with anything including liquids. My pain would also come and go.

Kitty

From: Whitfield <starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net>To: RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Sat, April 24, 2010 12:12:36 PMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Its the left side of the throat ....no not the back. If I touch it it hurts and very tender. No don't notice the electrical shocks in it. Doesn't look swollen, but maybe slightly when I touch it compared to the right side. I went to my primary, and he looked inside, it's not a sore throat. He said maybe I sprained it, but I haven't done anything to sprain it. It went away for awhile after staying with me for almost a week or 2. Now it started hurting again the other day.

Liz,, when you say your "throat" is hurting, do you actually mean the back of the throat (on the inside), like it hurts when you have a bad cold? Or do you mean the front part of your neck? Is the area swollen and tender to the touch? Do you sometimes feel sharp little electrical shocks in it?

Hashimotos is when your body has developed antibodies against your thyroid. I don't know it it ever goes into a true remission but is treatable by suppressing your thyroid function with thyroid meds. DONT let them take it out! I had mine removed due to Hashi's and regret it

Kitty

From: "starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net" <starlightvisionsverizon (DOT) net>To: RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) comSent: Fri, April 23, 2010 6:59:47 PMSubject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Trhank you terri, but what is actually hasmintos?? I have heard about it but don't know what it is. Is that a lifelong disease?

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From: "mom2matt" <mom2mattcomcast (DOT) net>

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:39:17 -0400

To: <RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) com>

Subject: Re: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Liz,

I will see what I can help with, and then someone else can chime in on anything else. First off, you have Hashimoto's (TBO is 17) since you have thyroid antibodies. Your RT3 is 10.34 and it needs to be over 20. So you will need T3 only. You ferritin has come up, but you need to get it to the 70-90 range, so keep taking your iron. You will have to go up on the T3 slowly because the ferritin is low. Your FT3 is low and also suggests hypothyroid. So, continue with 150-200mg of elemental iron, wait for your saliva results because you want your cortisol levels to be stable before adding in the T3.

Hope this helps!Terri

From: Whitfield

Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 6:07 PM

To: RT3_T3yahoogroups (DOT) com

Subject: New Labs just came in/need some help interpertating them

Here are my recent labs, please help me with these and what they mean? My new saliva tests should be here in the next week or 2.

TSH 1.130 (range 0.450-4.500)

Free T4 1.33(range 0.82-1.77)

Thyroxine T4 9.0 (range 4.5-12.0)

T3 Update 30 (range 24-39)

Free Thyroxine index 2.7 (range 1.2-4.9)

Free T-3 2.7 (range 2.0-4.4)

reverse T3 261 (range 90-350)

Thyroid Peroxidase (TBO) Ab 17 (range) 0-34

Antithyrogglobulin Ab <20 (range 0-40)

Ferritin serum 40 (range 13-150)

Last month's Labs

TSH 1.370 Range 0.450-4.500 T4 8.1 Range: 4.5-12.0 Reverse T3 306 Range; 90-350 TBO 10 Range 0-34 Free T3 2.6 Range

2.0-4.4

Ferritin 30

Thanks, Liz