Re: Help! Numbers don't match symptoms

March 13, 2005

Suzanne, you have gotten excellent responses and hope they really

help. My contribution: please note that before the TSH and thyroid

labs came into existence, folks dosed with Armour entirely by

symptoms, not by little black ink marks on a piece of paper. Your

situation is a classic case as to why that is STILL necessary, no

matter what the reason is as to why you still feel so bad. Docs are

entirely and completely stupid in this area.

Since you did take your Armour before your labs, that can definitely

explain the numbers. BUT EVEN SO, your free T3 was NOT that high

above range! And even so, IT DOESN'T MATTER. Your symptoms scream

the truth, not the ink spots.

If anything, you might have a touch of thyroid hormone resistance.

Your blood can look high, but your tissues may not be getting what

your blood shows.

And the bottom line is that if your doc refuses to treat you

correctly, you can always add more Armour or natural thyroid by

ordering it from the net.

Have you checked out the FILES section? There are good files to read

that could help you with your doc. Check out the TSH article, for

example. We're behind you all the way.

Janie

>

> TSH 0.015 ref. 0.35-5.5

> free t3 5.22 ref. 2.3-4.2

> free t4 1.17 ref. 0.61-1.76

> t4 7.5 ref. 4.5-12

> t3 223 ref. 85-205

> TPO AB 12 normal range 0-34

> anti-throid globulin <20 normal 0-40

>

> Generally I have felt good taking 2 grains Armour. Before that I

was

> on Synthroid and Cytomel. I do not want to take a lower dose. I

know

> how awful I felt. If anything I think I may need a higher dose. My

> body temp can't seem to get above 97.5F and my fingers, toes, and

nose

> have been so cold the last few days we have

> been making jokes about knitting nose warmers.

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