Got some test results back

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Well some of my problems are coming to light I guess finally. Short of Barb and

Phil most of you don't know the saga though.

Full thyroid panel this time:

TSH - 1.19 (0.40-4.50 mIU/L)

T4 Total - 6.9 (4.5-12.5 mcg/dL)

T4 Free - 1.2 (0.8-1.8 ng/dL)

T3 Free - 2.9 (2.3-4.2 pg/mL)

T3 Total - 90 (76-181 ng/dL)

T3 Reverse - 27 (11-32 ng/dL)

Antibody tests came back normal.

Anyway, just like Barb said,......T3 Free not optimal. He wants 3.5 to 4.2 on

this.

Reverse T3 while in range is high according to the doc. Barb also bet it would

be.

He is putting me on a very low dose of T3 only I believe. He said Armour would

drive my reverse higher, and affect other things. We talked about so many things

today.

My vitamin D25 Hydroxy test came back really low!

Vitamin D, 25-OH Total - 19 (30-100 ng/mL)

Needless to say I am now on 10,000 IU of D3 for a month, and then 5,000 IU.

My 4X a day Cortisol was crazy bad!

AM - 37 (13-24nM)

Noon - 13 (5-10nM)

Late Afternoon - 6 (3-8nM) I did this about 5PM

Evening - 20 (1-4nM) Did this about 11PM

One was normal, and noon was close, but morning and night were way high.

On top of all this, my fecal test showed a large infection of Citrobacter sp.

bacterium. It is called an 'opportunistic bacteria.'

Get to take Cipro for 2 weeks for this one.

I also have a large overabundance of yeast. After the Cipro, I get to take

Diflucan for 2 weeks.

He says all of this is having a huge impact upon my absorption of nutrients, and

is having an affect on everything.

He is starting me on Arimidex as well to bring down my E2 levels.

No testosterone for now,....said he would start me if I really wanted to, but he

wants to try to adjust all of this other stuff first. He seems to think that my

T levels may do quite nicely on their own with some time.

He knows I don't want to take anything I don't have to, and I am none too

thrilled with starting TRT if I might not need to. If I do, I will NEVER find

out what my levels may return to on their own. He says I am NOT primary,.....no

way, no how. That is why I chose to try to avoid it for now.

Sorry for the novel, but a couple of you folks wanted me to report back with the

results of all these tests I had done. Here they are!

Unfortunately it appears Barb is not around lately,....maybe she will see this

after the holidays.

Any input is appreciated as usual.