Saw an endo last night and he ruled out thyroid issues because my TSH wasn't high enough even though I have most of the symptoms.
He did comment that my FT3 was low but said if their was a problem I would have higher TSH.
He is going to write to my GP to confirm that I do not have a thyroid issue and ask him to carry out Adrenal bloods and auto immune screening as I already have Ulcerated Colitis! Back to the drawing board!!!
Do you have copies of those results? If so, post them here and let's have a look. Never trust an endo with a thyroid! They're diabetes experts.
Thank you, my results are
TSH 1.25 (0.35-4.94
FT4 11.5 (9.0-22.0
FT3 2.87 (2.63-5.70)
Anti thyrog 11 (0-40
Anti thyrope 17 (0-35
Your FT3 is very low. And, you don't appear to have Hashi's. So, yes, he should be investigating Central Hypo. No excuses!
The TSH will only rise to reflex the low FT3 is the pituitary and hypothalamus are working perfectly. He needs to brush up on his hormones!
Thank you so much, for looking at them, I will see if I can convince my GP
Look at this chart from the ThyroidUK website
thyroiduk.org/tuk/testing/i...
The middle column relates to you - that endo only knows about the right hand column. You could print that out and show your GP.
Keep fighting!
Thank you, just feel exhausted with it all, takes me back to when I was diagnosed with Ukcerated Colitis 24 years ago, my symptoms were so severe I was confined to the house for 6 months Because they diagnosed no less than 4 different conditions, none of them correct. It wasn't until I was so poorly that I was admitted to hospital that they finally diagnosed U/C and the ulcers in my bowel had become septic and my organs were shutting down!! The consultant who had mis diagnosed was the head of Gastro!! Guess nothing has changed!!
Just had a look at the post where you give your results, but you don't give the ranges. Could you post them again, with the ranges, because otherwise, they're meaningless.
I agree with RFU, if your FT3 is low, and your TSH is low, then he should be considering Central Hypo, and testing your pituitary. He obviously knows very little about thyroid.
As you have gut issues its highly likely you have low vitamins. As I outlined in previous post
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
Suggest you get these tested - privately if necessary
Medichecks or Blue Horizon
If Vitamin D, folate, B12 or ferritin are too low thyroid hormones can not work
No need to test magnesium unless you do the expensive test
Vast majority benefit from extra magnesium. Try low dose to start with. Calm vitality magnesium powder is cheap and easy to use.
Endocrinologists don't consider gut or vitamin levels, which is astonishing
Come back with new post when you have results
What rubbish! If your free T3 is very low you are hypo and if you have secondary or central hypo your TSH CAN'T rise. You need to find a doctor with a clue.
As Hippocrates said "all disease begins in the gut"
I would add all vitamin deficiencies start in the gut
Links about low vitamins due to ulcerative colitis
cureforulcerativecolitis.co...
everydayhealth.com/ulcerati...
crohnscolitisfoundation.org...
The importance of good levels of vitamin D with colitis
crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/new...
vitamindcouncil.org/low-vit...
Anaemia
everydayhealth.com/ulcerati...
crohnsandcolitis.org.uk/new...
Magnesium
Help! My endo wants to cut back my T3!
New to the board!
Can a doctor or pharmacist at a GP's refuse to prescribe the thyroid medication that I need to make me feel reasonably well?
GP wanted to see me - results are back. Need help please.
