First Medichecks test ordered

9 months ago•16 Replies

Well I’ve ordered my first test and am waiting for the container to take to my local clinic.

I was just wondering how people had got on with their dr looking at the results Did they pick up on your thyroid problems on the test?

Thanks

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crimple

9 months ago

I have only this year let my GP see one set of results from Medichecks. I have been doing tests for the last 4 years though and they show that I don't convert T4 to T3 very well hence I am still symptomatic. Thanks to what I have learned from the many knowledgeable people on here I am now taking a small amount of T3 alongside my T4 and it has made a difference. Strangely enough within a few weeks of starting T3 the GP decided to send me to see the endo because they are very unhappy with my below range TSH. However they are not interested in my below halfway T4 and T3.

I only saw the registrar, who was a bit more open minded than I expected, but hope to see endo next time as I know he does prescribe T3 with T4. however CCG won't pay for T3 any more!! Pity there aren't any MP's who admit to being hypo as then we might get some action!!

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SeasideSusieAdministrator

in reply to rosserk

9 months ago

Rosserk

That would be good. Yes, it was very refreshing that a doctor actually said that a TSH in the upper part of the range meant that you were undermedicated. Perhaps he should be teaching all the GPs that think anywhere in range is fine

The one that did mine last week wasn't too bad either. I don't normally ask for comments but decided to test it out after seeing so many awful doctor comments on the forum. Mind you, I did fill in my information when logging that I had sent the sample off, where they ask for any information that may be helpful, and I said exactly what I take ie a combination of Levo and T3 and the doses so my comments were appropriate for that, and it was a very simple Thyroid Monitoring test so only TSH, FT4 and FT3.

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