New and educating myself blood tests comming....

[Winnie2009]

Hi everyone I am new...been reading all your posts and trying to educate myself and my gp.very helpful all of you.for years I have felt so ill thought that I would never be right again.slowly though I feel I'm fighting back using all the info on here has given me hope.gp now sending me for t3 and antibodies as well as parietal cell blood tests .fasted and unmedicated so hope to get true results.finding this site makes me realise that I am not going mad falling apart on my own,that others also feel like me.so just wanted to say hi and thanks for all the info.

[Heloise]

Winnie, I'm sure many of us share your thoughts but you are the one making it work. I'm glad your GP is becoming more thorough. There is so much to learn so keep up the good work.

[Winnie2009 in reply to Heloise]

Thanks Heloise its been a slog so far.and your right about so much more to learn.Diet is by far the hardest especially when I have a family to feed.But I am learning.thanks

[Heloise in reply to Winnie2009]

This man has helped me so much and similar to a bulletin board I followed for years by a brilliant doctor who clued us all in that conventional medicine was veering off into pharmaceutical land which would not be in our best interests. He was so right. If you have time:

youtube.com/watch?v=T_Re4ja...(Not working as expected?)

[Scazzoh]

Hi Winnie, sounds like you have done a lot of hard work with your doctor! Getting your T3 done on the NHS is no mean feat. Post your results when you get them and you'll get some good advice.

[Winnie2009 in reply to Scazzoh]

Realy has been a slog with my gp but you just have to persist, its was the information on this site that got me this far.will post my results for sure and see what you all think.thanks.

[Winnie2009]

Gp visit today ,they phoned me concerning blood tests.....different gp grrrr...when I asked for blood results flicked screen and pointed to 4.5 for t3 said in range but didn't want to discus range.said high peroxide antibodies again no results for me the patient to view.And lab didn't even send/test for pariental cell antibodies.so frustrated one step forward and still need repeat bloods.After acting like a crazy lady demanding more investigating gp felt my enlarged throat and to my amazement refered for scan next week.hopefully my regular gp will be more informative on my next visit,pending scan.Think ive been suffering thyroid longer than gp aware.

[Marz in reply to Winnie2009]

it is possible not many people will have seen your reply above - as technically you replied to your own post ! I was just looking through your old posts before replying

You are legally entitled to have copies of all your Test results so you can monitor your own health and it makes posting here easier too !

When you have all the figures start a new thread with a new post

You have Hashimotos - but guess you know that. Are you gluten Free ? What supplements are you taking ? Have you had B12 - Folate - Ferritin - VitD tested ?