Re: finally got all my lab work done ,please help interpret it...-Crystal

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Hello Crystal, you gotta love the doctors.(joke) i have an

appoointment mon so it would be great to see what chris says, but he

has alot of posts to reply to. i hope he can help, but ill probably

have my appointment before he gets back. but i may have done all these

tests for nothing because of my sleep/wake hours. i wish i could have

switched my hours before all the testing. do you have a strange

schedule like me?

Hello, I have finally had all the blood tests done, it only took eight

> months to find a doctor that would do the ACTH stim and aldosterone

> and renin.I worry about having a hypo-pit problem. I have an app. with

> the doc that did the ACTH, thyroid , aldosterone and renin tests on

> mon the 18th of feb. Im sure she will try to push synthroid on me she

> talked about it the first time I saw her, she dosent like armour. I

> dont think I have the " full " ranges for the thyroid tests. I will ask

> about those ranges when I see her, I will print what I have for

> the thyroid tests. I was salt fasting, and did not take armour night

> before the tests.

>

> Can someone please look and tell me whats going on with these . Am I

> hypo- pit?, what is going on with my adrenal glands, am I primary

> or secondary? Do I need to up my thyroid med? And do I need

> isocort or HC? Can I figure out whats is going on from these

> tests? I dont think I would be able to get the doc to run any more , I

> feel lucky that she did these. What ever is going on , I guess I will

> have to self treat because the doctor thinks everything is " normal " .

>

> ****ALL THESE TESTS WERE TAKEN IN THE A.M., WHICH IS MY EVENING

> BECAUSE OF SHIFT WORK.***( hope that dosent make it harder to

figure out.)

> ------------------------------------------------

>

> *Blood Work Jan-18-08*=

>

> (Thyroid Studies)

>

> TSH 0.885,...RANGE.... 0.350

> T-3 89,.....RANGE... 60-18

> FREE THYROXINE 1.0... RANGE ... 0.9-1

> FREE T-3 2.5... RANGE... 2.0-3.5

> THYROID PEROXIDA <10.0...RANGE 0.0-3

> NEGATIVE FOR TPO ANTIBODIES

>

> _________________________________________

> (Miscellaneous Studies)

>

> Aldosterone 8.8...RANGE -standing 4-31, ...supine 1-16 ( I WAS

SITTING)

> Renin Activity 0.6... RANGE- resting 0 - 2.7,.. random 0 - 6.0, ..

> lasix 2.5 -9.1 (I WAS SITTING)

>

> ACTH 19.. EXPECTED VALUES 10-60 A.M. DRAW (my evening time)

>

> *Cortrosyn Stimulation Test*

>

> Cortisol-baseline 14.0, ==....then 25.8,...then....30.9

> A.M. Specimen : 1.3 - 22.1

> P.M.. Specimen : 3.1-16.7

> Normal response to cortrosyn stimulation is a increase of cortisol

> of >7 ug/dL with a peak cortisol level of >20 ug/dL

>

> **Under the Cortrosyn Stimulation Test the doctor wrote [ " test

> normal " ,.... " wanted stimulated values >30 " ]

> _______________________________________

> ( Blood Chemistries)

>

> SODIUM 135 *LOW RANGE136-146 *****LOW

> POTASIUM 3.8 RANGE 3.5 -5.1

> CHLORIDE 99 RANGE 98-110

> CARBON DIOXIDE 23 RANGE 22-29

> BUN 17 RANGE 7 -18

> GLUCOSE 87 RANGE 70-108

> CREATIN 0.6 RANGE 0.5-1.2

> CALCIUM 9.9 RANGE 8.4 -10.2

> ESTIMATED GFR > 60 TRANGE >60

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------

>

> *BLOOD WORK JAN- 23- 08*

>

> FERRITIN 31,.. RANGE 10-291

> IM A BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE=

>

> on 6- 23 -07 my FERRITIN was =48.6, RANGE 10.0 - 291.0

> on 9 -20 -07 my FERRITIN was = 50.8, 4.6- 204.0 RANGE.

> Just recently on 1 -23 -08 FERRITIN serum was =31, 10.0 - 291 range

>

> I have done nothing different, my diet is the same, im still taking

> the small amount of iron that i was before,- Gentle Iron 25 mg its

> iron bisglycinate (Ferrochel). My periods have always been on the

> light side, so i dont think it is that.

>

> DHEA- SULFATE 221 RANGE 45-270

>

> (DHEA) 550 RANGE 112-722

>

> ANDROSTENEDIONE 173 RANGE 47-268

>

> ESTRADIOL 50 RANGE 19-528

>

> PROGESTERONE 1.3

> FOLLICULAR 0.2-1.4

> LUTEAL 3.3-25.6

> MID LUTEAL 4.4 -28.0

>

> PROLACTIN 8.0 RANGE 2.8-29.2

>

> FSH 4.9

> FOLLICULAR 2.5-10.2

> MIDCYCLE 3.4-33.4

> LUTEAL 1.5-9.1

>

> LH 11.7

> FOLLICULAR 1.9-12.5

> MIDCYCLE 8.7-76.3

> LUTEAL 0.5-16.9

>

> TESTOSTERONE, FREE AND TOTAL , SERUM 64,... RANGE 14-76

> FREE TESTOSTERONE (DIRECT) 0.2 RANGE 0.0-2.2

>

> SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOB, SERUM 101 RANGE FEMALE( NON - PREG) 18 -114

>

> thank you for taking the time to look this over

>

> sherielle

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