Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Fwd: Labs/Dose > > Hi Friends, > Well, I thought ya'll might like a little chuckle....as some of you > know, I recently had labs done. They were as follows: > TSH 3.8 Ranges 0.30-4.50 > > > T4 free 0.77 Ranges 0.8-2.0 > > > T3 uptake 25.3 Ranges no idea > > > Total T3 95.6 Ranges 86-187 > > Looks hypo, right? > So, the doctor's office called me after they came in to ask me if I > was still > on Tap. Don't know why I wouldn't be, but anyway...I had already > reduced from 10 mg to 7.5mg because I felt pretty certain I was > hypO. So I talked to the nurse and she said I needed to make an > appointment since it's been so long since they've seen me. I made an > appointment for Dec. 18th and got my lab results over the phone. The > nurse told me to just keep doing what I was doing, the 10 mg. a day. > Holly, Elaine, Terry and others helped me out and I felt good about > reducing my dose. (Changing TSH ranges and all that). Anyway, today > I got home from picking up my kids at preschool and there was a > message on my answering machine from my doctor's nurse saying that > the doc > looked at my test results and thinks I should reduce the tap to 5 mg > a day (taken once a day) and that I MUST make an appointment to see > her. HMMMMMM...I made the appointment about a week ago. And > HMMMMMMM, she just NOW looked at these labs???? I wonder why, after > all this time? Anyway, so here I sit, half laughing and half annoyed > at this, wondering what to do. I reduced and have been on 7.5 mg, > divided into two doses, for about a week or so (I think, maybe it's > been more like 10 days). Anyway, should I reduce it again, down to > 5mg? Is it too soon? I want to go slow and not mess anything up. > But I do still feel tired and a little hypO, you know. Any advice > would be welcome! > Thanks, > Kristi > diagnosed Dec.2001 > Thrown into hyper/hypo rollercoaster hell by incompetent doc. > Finally getting on an even keel...I think > --- End forwarded message --- > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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