You don't have a thyroid problem

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"You don't have a thyroid problem" said my high profile natural doctor in whom I had placed such high hopes, up to this point. This was his considered advice when I suggested to him that I beieve that I have a RT3 thyroid problem, This was really the last straw for me as I have been bouncing around within the allopathic medical system for the last 5 years without a creditable answer or diagnosis of my problem(s).That's when I discovered this RT3_T3 board. What a welcomed gift! I have now been monitoring the posts on this obviously well informed board for some time and I have formed an opinion of what my problem is. I am going to post my details here and hopefully I will receive some advice and confirmation of my situation from the savvy posters here.

Here goes:

Male 59 years 182 cm or 6' tall73 kilograms or 165 lbsReasonably fit attending gym 5 nights weekly for running and weightsVegetarian eating seafood and eggs

SymptonsVery cold hands and feet year round, general unwell feeling, muscle spasms, fine tremor throughout entire body, episodes of higher Blood pressure, Parasthesiae in hands, low free testosterone not reacting to supplementation, night sweats sometimes, unstable temps under 37 (98.6)

I have 2 excel files of Dr Rinds Temperature graphs. One is my Basal waking and the other is daily averaged. How do I post these for comment? The equivalents below are my conversion calculations to make it easier, so may be subject to mistakes.

Lab results

Thyroid

TSH 1.0 mU/L Range ( 0.40 - 4.00)free T3 5.0 pmol/L Range ( 2.8 - 6.8) equiv 325 pg/dLfree T4 17 pmol/L Range ( 10 - 20) equiv 13 ng/dLRT3 462 pmol/L Range ( 170 - 450)FT3/RT3 Ratio 10.82 (my calculation)

Iron binding studies

Serum iron 29 umol/L Range ( 10 - 33) equiv 162 ug/dLTransferrin IBC 66 umol/L Range (45 - 70) equiv 369 ug/dLTransferrin saturation 44% Range ( 16 - 50)Serum ferritin assay 42 ug/L Range ( 20 - 320) equiv 42 ng/mL

Sex hormones

DHEA 2300 ng/mL Range (300 - 2700) (taking 25mg DHEA daily)ACTH 24 ng/L Range ( 5 - 50) equiv 109 pg/mLCortisol (9.45am) 360 nmol/L Range ( 190 - 610) equiv 12.96 ug/dLOestradiol 131 pmol/L Range ( 40 - 250) equiv 36 pg/mLTestosterone total 22 nmol/L Range (10 - 33) equiv 633.6 ng/dLTestosterone free 29 pmol/L Range ( 40 - 100) equiv 8.36 pg/mLProlactin 5 ug/L Range (< 15)

Vit B12 354 pmol/L Range (162 - 811) equiv 479.7 pg/mLSerum Folate 35.4 nmol/L Range (8.4 - 55.0) equiv 15.62 ng/mLRed Cell Folate 556 nmol/L Range ( 545 - 3370) equiv 245.37 ng/mLVit D3 25 Hydroxy 160 nmol/L Range (50 - 300) equiv 64.1 ng/mLHomocysteine 11 umol/L Range (0.00 - 15.00) equiv 1.49 mg/L

Forgive me for the length of this post but I just need to get everything out there for completeness.The big question is what do I do now. Hopefully I will receive some valuable advice and guidance from this informed community. Who knows I might be able to go back to my "high profile natural doctor" and give him some friendly advice, courtesy of the RT3_T3 community.

Kindest regards and warmest thanks