I always get my NHS bloods done before 9am, after fasting and no levo that morning.
Have shelled out for a nurse to come tomorrow as doing the Medichecks Ultra Vit test and find it hard to fill two vials of blood. I’m slightly furious that I was persuaded to accept a 9.30am appointment (the company that supply the nurse said they’d checked with Medichecks and that I didn’t need a particularly early appointment as long as it was sometime in the morning.) Their email, which somehow I missed, states she will arrive between 9.30 and 10.30.
I’m not bothered about the TSH result being low as it will be suppressed anyway. I’m very bothered about getting a true picture of whether I convert T4 to T3 well enough though. I’ve been working towards this test for months, tweaking vitamins and diet etc, as I need to decide whether it’s crunch time re trying the addition of T3. I can’t afford to do the whole test again with the nurse part too.
Will a 9.30-10.30am appointment give me an accurate picture re T4 and T3? I’m delaying taking this morning’s levo of 125mcg until 9.30am.
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Oh thank you- that's just the sort of reassurance I was hoping for. Medichecks charge another £39 to change the appointment and I'm feeling particularly broke at the moment. Thank you x
SlowDragon The nurse turned up today...24 hours early! I’ve asked her to return tomorrow or there would have been 28 hours since I’d last taken levo and I’m determined to get it absolutely right! I think your private hospital would have been the better (and cheaper!) option!
RedApple - no, absolutely not! I was very firm. She was literally about to open the Medichecks packaging when I realised it wouldn’t be a good plan though! I think she thought I was slightly crazy banging on about circadian rhythms etc. Looking forward to a rematch tomorrow and, even more so, to the results.
They don't seem to understand that to be able to compare results, they have to be done at more or less the same time of day. It's not just about getting the highest TSH. T3 also changes throughout the day. Not as much as the TSH, but enough to warrant sticking to the same time. But, probably wouldn't change enough to make much difference when checking for conversion. But, it is annoying that they don't understand this.
Just reading it in detail now...kids fed, husband still at work, dog quiet and glass of wine in hand. I might now be able to take it in! Thanks again. X
This may be a silly question but... if TSH, and testing is based on circadian rhythm so best done in the early morning ... does it matter if eg my cortisol is very high at night and low in the morning (instead of the other way round) ?
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