Heat Intolerance and Hypo

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Hi all-

It' s been a while since I last posted. I was hyper w/o Graves last

year due to a toxic nodule that was removed in December. I went

hypo soon after that and have been on Synthroid since January,

taking .050 mg daily. I have a few questions that I hope someone

and Elaine, if you're out there, can answer.

It's heating up here in the Northeast I am feeling the same heat

intolerance as I did when I was hyper least year. I had hoped that

the opposite would be true!

Last labs were on 4/28 - new labs will be drawn on Tuesday.

Also having some blood sugar events that are being tested as

well! Oy.

TSH - 1.32 (0.3 - 3.30)

Free T4 - 1.2 (0.8-1.8)

Total T3 97 - (60-181)

Recent history: Since becoming hypo, fibroids flared up and it

was really a bad time with heavy bleeding. I had surgery to

remove a largeish fibroid 6 weeks ago and have been recovering

at home. 2 -3 weeks ago I started feeling warm and started

taking my temperature and am running low-grade fevers from

slightly below normal (in the AM) to the mid-99s during the day

and at night. This happened for awhile before the surgery too

then stopped. I also feel feverish (face hot) even when my temp

is normal.

I did take progestin for almost a month pre-surgery to slow down

the bleeding. I was /am anemic due to heavy bleeding from

fibroids but that is resolving itself well now. I have an

unexplained WBC count that is a little high but my hematologist

thinks it's due to the anemia. I'm having mor etests for it is a

couple of weeks.

Could the heat thing still be thyroid-related? I had unbelievable

heat intolerance last year while hyper and this is what it feels

like. Is it possible for hyper-hypo-symptoms to co-exist?

I'm tempted to stop taking my Synthroid til my labs are done in

case I have edged toward hyper-land in the last 2 months.

My endo does not do free T3 tests. The Total T3 was run by my

hematologist, who I no longer need to see. The most I can hope

for from my current endo (looking to change drs.) is TSH, T3

uptake, Total T4 and Free T4. What other tests should I be

having? Is free T# really important? He seems not to think so.

I know that these are a lot of questions, but thanks in advance to

anyone who responds. I just would like to avoid another truly

miserable summer. I know that I have been through a lot

health-wise lately and it has been very stressful and that it may

just take me some extra time to feel better. It's taking a long time

and I am exhausted from the simplest errands. And I need to

lose some weight but of course that will take time and extra

physical effort that I just do not have.

Can anyone try to make some sense of all of this?

Thanks-

Jan