email to my doc

[Guest guest]

Below is a copy of email I sent to my Kaiser doc summarizing my state of

knowledge at present time. Please see if I have it about right and would

appreciate any comments you would have added had it been your doc. Thanks to

this site and to his credit he complied with my request.

Dr M.......

I can come in and discuss; but I wanted to ask for a prescription for Thyroid T3

Citomel, 25mcg tabs. I plan to cut tabs into four parts and titrate the T3 in

slowly over several weeks. I would like to blood test T3, FreeT3, and reverse T3

in two months to see if the protocol is working.

You can spend hours reading all about T3, freeT3, reverse T3, and T3 protocols

at numerous web sites. Two of which I recommend are www.thyroid-rt3.com,

http://nahypothyroidism.org/conditions/

But to simplify: my T3 is low and my free T3 is below the range. Which means, if

ranges represent a bell curve, then 97.5% of thyroid patients taking this test

have more active hormone than I do. I expect T3 to change that and put me

somewhere mid-range while re-leaving symptoms. T3 also sidesteps all T4 to T3

conversion problems such as reverse T3, which is an antagonist which blocks the

T3 receptors.

Best

gpp

[Guest guest]

I'll be really interested in the response from a Kaiser doctor given that they

have such strict guidelines and protocols. Is this an endo you're writing to?

Kerry

>

> Below is a copy of email I sent to my Kaiser doc summarizing my state of

knowledge at present time. Please see if I have it about right and would

appreciate any comments you would have added had it been your doc. Thanks to

this site and to his credit he complied with my request.

>

> Dr M.......

>

> I can come in and discuss; but I wanted to ask for a prescription for Thyroid

T3 Citomel, 25mcg tabs. I plan to cut tabs into four parts and titrate the T3 in

slowly over several weeks. I would like to blood test T3, FreeT3, and reverse T3

in two months to see if the protocol is working.

> You can spend hours reading all about T3, freeT3, reverse T3, and T3 protocols

at numerous web sites. Two of which I recommend are www.thyroid-rt3.com,

http://nahypothyroidism.org/conditions/

> But to simplify: my T3 is low and my free T3 is below the range. Which means,

if ranges represent a bell curve, then 97.5% of thyroid patients taking this

test have more active hormone than I do. I expect T3 to change that and put me

somewhere mid-range while re-leaving symptoms. T3 also sidesteps all T4 to T3

conversion problems such as reverse T3, which is an antagonist which blocks the

T3 receptors.

>

> Best

> gpp

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