What Hormone/Thyroid Bloods Do I Ask For..Help?

Hi All,

Can anyone please drop me a message telling me exactly what thyroid/hormone bloods I should request from my gp and anything else like vita d (gp says he is blocked from requesting these last time!).

I just want to make sure to state to gp which rather than leave it to him and be incomplete.

Any help gratefully received. Xx

[Magic777]

Id ask for Tsh T3 T4 b12"folate vit d full blood count ferritin iron i dont know whatvthey can do I did mine with BLue horizons you all had a look then went to him with it .Dr vincent was a bit shocked and i just told him what i thought all the great ideas you guys said and he didnt argue at all.I thought i was in for another fight .mind you i have been to see the practice msnager before this as im fed up and i did have a private dr treat me before .but i went in very upset and was totally surprised .good luck

[Hidden in reply to Magic777]

Thank you Magic777. My gp is good and willing to take my requests unless he is blocked from.

I was previously low on vitamin d, treated for a month, then when I asked for recheck he said gp's currently blocked from ordering vita d test and he was challenging this. How mad is that!

Anyway, I will request as you suggested.

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[Magic777 in reply to Hidden]

Yeah its terrible fisgudting just try to see what you can get best wishes lx

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Many thanks ...just requested all, plus a few more. Going to post results on here after. I won't be surprised if some are not done though as seems to be more and more go is blocked from being allowed to order (including vita d!).

I realised (light bulb rare moment ) also that I have annual atrophied thyroid nuclear pet scans and pituitary adenoma MRI's but no hormone bloods.... that seems like madness to me.

Xx

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My gp said he can't even request vitamin d bloods currently unless there is evidence of bone density problems (specifically with scans via a Consultant). He did say he is fighting this block. I pm not impressed as previously vita d treated and no follow up option with this situation.

Is Free T3 and T3 (same for T4/free T4) different blood tests?

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Thank you... really appreciate your info. I struggle to get my head around, I think partly because of the huge variation of what's said by Endo etc .