RE: Re: Please comment on these results - Follow-up

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Have you checked out the top doc's list?

and I would fire your doc before he has a chance to fire you....Go

on!....... take control of the situation - you might as well have a

little fun since you have to find a new doc anyway.

Kerry

Re: Please comment on these results -

Follow-up

Well, so much for a good feeling with this doctor. His nurse

called me today, and said - " well, you got a copy of the results,

didn't you " - I said " yes " - so, " everything's normal " , she said, as

if any idiot would have figured it out from the results I got.

I said " wait a minute, I see a couple of things out of range " .

" Well, she said see the TT4, it's only 191 and the top of the range

is 181, so with lab errors and such it's not abnormal " . " So what's

the point of having lab ranges? " , I asked. It degenerated from

there.

There was no suggestions about where to go next. I'm going to see

my primary care Dr tomorrow (in the same practice) - I'm sure he'll

fire me and I'll be back to square 1.

It seems to be really hard to convince a doctor that being fatigued

is not normal - I am now convinced that my thyroid is probably

working OK, but that it looks like something is interfering with how

my body uses the hormones. I guess that is too far out of

mainstream. As long as I can hold down a job, even though I don't

have much of a life when I get home due to lack of energy, just let

the poor woman suffer.

Thanks for letting me rant....

Cara

>

> > Actually the test was not for FreeT3 but for total t3 which is

not very

> > useful. She could have high free T4 and low Free t3.

>

> Not really possible. As I had previously explained, FT3 = FT4/T4 x

T3.

> If you measure all three on the right hand side, you can calculate

FT3.

> That used to be the preferred way to get FT3. The fraction of

Total that

> is bound is the same for both T4 and T3. That is because they are

bound

> by the same mechanism for albumin and globulin independent of

which

> thyrodine is involved. Thus, the ratios of bound to unbound and

> equivalently unbound to total are the same for T4 and T3.

>

> Chuck

>

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I think (not sure) that is what the book Hypothyroidism: Type 2 the Epidemic

is about. Look at it on Amazon.

Gracia

>> It seems to be really hard to convince a doctor that being fatigued

> is not normal - I am now convinced that my thyroid is probably

> working OK, but that it looks like something is interfering with how

> my body uses the hormones. I guess that is too far out of

> mainstream. As long as I can hold down a job, even though I don't

> have much of a life when I get home due to lack of energy, just let

> the poor woman suffer.

>

> Thanks for letting me rant....

>

> Cara

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi Cara,

Yes you did mention that. I wonder how he got there? you can leave

feedback on that list can't you? IMO that list is just a starting point

- I have tried three of the top docs on the Australian list and although

they are better than the average medibimbo- at least my present top doc

prescribes the meds I need and he is a very kind person as well.

Gracia recommends the Broda list - that might be better. I have

also heard that Osteopaths in the US are very good holistic docs and

have had success with hormone issues.

For myself I read a lot, ask a lot of questions on these boards and do a

lot of my own diagnosing - and so far I am about 90% more accurate than

any doc I have seen so far.

You seem to have a good grasp of your situation. And didn't you doc say

your thyroid was enlarged - what did he say about that?

One of the best tools for self-help is the health log - And of course we

can do so much with diet and supplements and lifestyle changes

especially where adrenals are weak - we do need our meds but there are

other ways to get them if doctors won't help. I self medicated for a

many months while I was waiting for a good doc.

I also have some kind of cellular resistance to using my hormones - also

nutrients - I have to take a lot of supplements to get the bare minimum

of what I need - you may be finding this as well. Because of this I am

on a very high dose of thyroid hormone. I don't seem to have conversion

problems but I do seem to have a problem with not producing quite enough

T4 in the first place. It can be very complex - and just because your

thyroid gland appears to be making sufficient hormone does not mean that

it is enough to overcome the cellular resistance.

a few thoughts for you anyway.

Kerry

Re: Please comment on these results -

Follow-up

Interestingly enough, he (the ENDO) is on the top docs list.....

>

> Have you checked out the top doc's list?

> and I would fire your doc before he has a chance to fire you....Go

> on!....... take control of the situation - you might as well have a

> little fun since you have to find a new doc anyway.

> Kerry