Labs/Dose

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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