lab results

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These are not exactly what I requested, but the nurse who took the

message could have easily gotten them wrong. I have an appointment

with the dr on Oct 28 to go over these and I can ask for the FT3 and

the TSI again and see what she says then. These labs were taken

exactly one month from the date I started the Tap and I have no

others to reference except the the TSH which has always tested out

at .004.

FT4 1.34 ( .61 - 1.76)

TSH .004 (.35 - 5.5)

T3 Uptake 31 (24 - 39)

I have been on 1 10mg three times a day and she wants me to go to

add one more pill by doing 2 in the am, 1 at afternoon and 1 at pm.

Then we will retest in another month. Nurse told me that I should

call if I had any problems with the increase in dosage and the

doctor knew I was coming in the end of the month so we could talk

then. Does this sound like a good plan? Why the increase? I was

excited about the numbers themselves, but maybe she's still hung up

on the TSH number. <sigh> She does seem more than willing to test

what I want and go the ATD route as long as I do her blood and liver

tests when she wants. Sounds like a fair exchange so far.

Oh, and my WBC, hemoglobin, hematocrit and Lymphs(Absolute) counts

are higher than they've been so far. I'm not even sure what some of

these are, but is she gonna have a problem with them? Just thought

I'd be prepared if need be.)

Thanks for looking and I'm still reading everything I can find.....

Carolyn B.