Re: hubby just got test results...

September 4, 2003

Sandy -

Sorry hubby's feeling poorly! Actually, what you describe is exactly

how I feel when my TSH is 2.4 (or anything over 2 for that matter).

His T4 is at the lower end of normal (nice of them to not do a Free

T4, huh?) so perhaps that is hypo for him. The most recent doctor I

saw suggested that some people have a narrower window in which they

feel good. That's about the closest to a you're-not-crazy-you-really-

do-feel-bad that I've gotten out of a doctor. Most of them think I'm

nuts or depressed when I tell them I feel hypo at a TSH over 2 (and

I'm not either!)

Now, the really tough part is finding someone to actually DO

something about it. Good luck there. So far I haven't had any luck

getting a doctor to treat me for hypo when I'm in " normal " range.

(not that I'm bitter about it or anything - LOL!)

The new standards for TSH are anything above 3.04 is considered hypo.

And those in the field are saying that is should be an upper range of

2.5 because 90% of people have a TSH of 2 or less. Now if only we can

convince the everyday average doctor of this, we'd be in business!

Hope you have more success finding such a doctor. I feel for your

hubby. Been there, done that, it sucks!

> Hi. Hubby just got out of the hospital. I had asked him to have

his dr run a TSH, FT3 and FT4 on him since he's always

inappropriately cold. Has constipation quite frequently, only wants

to sit down and do nothing every evening and on the weekends. His

weekends are actually spent laying around on the couch. He asked for

the free tests but as you can see below, this is what they ordered.

sigh

>

> T3 Uptake 35.0 29-41%

> T4 (Thyroxine) 6.7 4.7 - 12.6 ug/dl

> TSH 2.41 0.3 - 5.0 mIU/ML

>

> TSH reference ranges: euthyroid 0.4 - 4.3

> hypo >7.6

> hyper <0.1

>

> Any hints on what this is? I'm aggravated that it was asked

speficially to run TSH, FT3 and FT4, and this is what we got. lol

>

> Sandy~Houston

>

September 4, 2003

, since my hubby has had 3 heart attacks in less than 7 yrs, I'm

starting to really wonder why he has such high cholesterol, why he has to take

drugs to get it down, and why he's now been given 5 different meds, one of

Atenolol (for bp which I also take that was just prescribed today) and a list of

others. My concern with his getting chilled, the way he does....really worries

me sometimes. He has to literally turn the a/c up where it won't come on, just

so he can take a shower without freezing to death? To me, that is NOT normal.

He's happy without a/c actually most of the time, and we're far enuff down

south, that's just not possible! lol. He's got more symptoms than I care to

admit, but I figured while he was in the hospital with this heart attack, it

wouldn't hurt for them to check anyway. Now, the worst part is, I dunno if any

of the meds they gave him could have had any bearing on how his test results

came out. I didn't expect his dr to be so danged agreeable! rofl. Then I get

this and it's not even what hubby remembered me telling him to ask that they

run. DR's! And this dr is an internist? lol. I can see right now this is

going to be a fun venture. I just know that we're having to deal with all these

health issues and there is a cause for them. This heart attack was merely

caused by a blod clot? He takes an aspirin daily too, so I have no idea how

this blood clot originated.

I just know 3 times in less than 7 yrs is really starting to wear on me! I've

already lost one hubby to so called heart disease and this is looking like the

second's destiny also. ughhh! And not to mention the stress it's putting on

me. sigh They told him yesterday to eat more chicken and fish, and he laughed

and asked them had they talked to me before, cuz I knew so many ways to fix

chicken, that he hates it. lol

Sandy~Houston