New Lab Results Today!

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Today I got my lab results from blood taken Sat., 2/12. I've been taking 3/4

grain per day (1/2 grain AM and 1/4 grain PM sublingually) -- some Armour and

some NatureThroid -- for the past 6 weeks. (actually for about a week and a

half, I took 1 grain a day, but backed back off to the prescribed amount --

didn't want to deal with having problems with my lab tests and my Dr. -- I have

Kaiser, and so far they've been working with me, though it's stressful for me.)

TSH  1.5  (.2 - 5.5)

Free T3  271 (230 - 420)

Free T4  0.9 (.8 - 1.7)

6 weeks ago while taking 1/2 grain a day my results were:

TSH  2.2  (.2 - 5.5)

Free T3  258 (230 - 420)

Free T4  1.0 (.8 - 1.7)

3 months ago, while on .025 Synthroid my results were:

TSH  4.2  (.2 - 5.5)

Free T3  213 (230 - 420)

Free T4  1.1 (.8 - 1.7)

Anti-TPO  153 (< 35)

My Free T3 is going up, but is still in the lower part of the range; and my

Free T4 is going down. Shouldn't that be going up? When I got the results from

the Advice Nurse, she sent a message to the Endo to call me. My intent was to

ask for a 1/2 grain increase -- especially since I did that myself on 2/13,

the day after the blood tests. As of Saturday morning, my basal temp. was still

running 96.6 - 96.8 every morning. Well, Sunday I increased from 3/4 grain to

1-1/4 grain. The first day I took 3/4 in the AM and 1/2 in the PM -- and while

I had a lift a while after the morning dose, I felt really odd 3 - 4 hours

later. So, what I've been doing since then is 1/2 grain in the AM, 1/4 grain a

few hours later, and another 1/2 grain in a few more hours.

Interestingly, within a day, my basal temp. went up to 97.1. (It's been in

the same 96.6 - 96.8 range for 3 years that I know of. That's when I had

reported it to my GYN who sent me to an Endo who wouldn't test me and said I

wasn't

Hypo -- and then last summer my Primary Care Physician did a bunch of lab tests

and I showed up Hypo. 3 months of Synthoid before Armour; but until this past

Monday, my basal temp. didn't budge.

Less than an hour after getting my results, I got a call from a Dr. It turns

out my Endo is out on medical leave and my Primary is out for 2 weeks, so

another Dr. called me. She thought my results were just fine. I said I wanted an

increase so bring my TSH down further and that I'd like the Free T3 toward the

top of the range and the Free T4 up too. Also, I let her know my basal temp.

on 3/4 grain was staying low, that I still had Hypo symptoms; and that I was

wondering about getting an ultrasound of my thyroid -- since people have been

commenting that I'm clearing my throat a lot, and it does feel full to me. Well,

this Dr. suddenly decided she was going to forward my number on to the other

Endo at the facility so I should hear from her in the next day or two --

unfortunately she's the one who would not even do labs, but told me I WASN'T

Hypo

three years ago.

Any comments?

Judy