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[Angelic69]

Hi ive been ill for a while but managed to get out the house today and get blood results. Although GP did request FT3/FT4, they did not do them. I was told that from now on if your TSH is within range they will not check regardless if GP requests it or not.

TSH 0.62 Range mu/L 0.27 - 4.20mu/L

CHOLESTEROL TOTAL 5.5

HDL 1.3

RATIO 4.2

B12*FOLATE

B12 570ng/L 191.00 - 663.00ngL

FOLATE 6.7 ug/L 3.30 - 19.30ug/L

VIT D 50nmol/L >50.00nmol/L

Haemoglobin A1c level - normal

HbA1c levl - IFCC standardised 32 mmol/mol

serum total 25-OH vit D level- (ANM9859)

satisfactory

ESTIMATED GFR - (SD9859) - Normal

Normal kidney if no proteinuria, haematuria, or abnormal kidneys on uss.

UK CKD guidelines are available at renal.org/CKDguide/cKd.html

EGFR calculated using parameters for white female

GFR calculated abbreviated MDRD >60 mL/min/1.73m2

serum creatinine 73 umol/L

Urea/ electrolytes - normal

serum sodium 141 mmol/L 133.00-146.00mmol/L

potassium 3.8 mmol/L 3.50-5.30mmol/L

urea 4.7mmol/L 2.50-7.8mmol/L

LIVER function test normal

total protein 76 g/L 60.00-80.00g/L

albumin 49 g/L 35.00-50.00g/L

bilirubin 16 umol/L 4.00-20.00umol/L

alkaline phosphatase 55 u/L 35.00-105.00

ALT 24 u/L 5.00-38.00u/L

FBC

White 6.88 10*9/L 4.00-11.0010*9/L

RED 4.33 10*12/L 4.10-5.1010*12/L

Haemoglobin estimation 136 g/L 120.00-150.00g/L

haematocrit 0.41 l/l 0.36- 0.46l/l

MCV 94.7 fL 80.00-100.00f/L

MCH 31.4 pg 27.00-32.00pg

MCHC 332 g/L 315.00-345.00g/L

[Jazzw]

Crazy situation - it’s almost impossible to gauge whether you’re on enough Levo with just TSH results.

Hey ho. Your Vit D is well below where it should be - do you supplement with Vit D at all? You might be surprised how much better you feel with an optimal Vit D level. It affects far more than many realise - especially doctors, it seems.

[Angelic69 in reply to Jazzw]

Have been taking Vit D but miss doses a fair bit as we have just finished summer so did not take then as sat in garden everyday.

I had been taking Eltroxine and this result is from approx 9 months of. My Endo today said back onto levothyroxine 125mcg as he thinks my TSH is to high for me.

[Jazzw in reply to Angelic69]

Some of us can’t make much Vitamin D no matter how much sitting in the sun we do. And between September and March in the U.K., the sun’s rays aren’t strong enough for our bodies to make Vitamin D. And even during the summer, you need to expose quite a lot of skin - without sunblock - for a short period each day.

With your levels I’d definitely supplement for a while.

[LAHs in reply to Jazzw]

Yes I agree 100%. I have written this story before: I live in California and spend most of my time in shorts, T-shirt and no hat, I also take a vitamin D supplement. I recently (well, about a year ago) had a Vit. D test amongst some other regular blood tests and my result was a little below middling. I asked my doc how on earth could this be? He suggested the test could be faulty - Oh great, so maybe we can't rely on any of the results. Even if the machine was just a little bit out, below middling is still pretty inaccurate.

[Angelic69 in reply to LAHs]

crazy stuff, i would try a supplement for a while if i feel worse i stop taking if i see improvements i carry on.

People error inputting wrong numbers or actual faulty test?

[Angelic69]

I know i should not make jest but perhaps its like there appointment system one problem per appointment..... and one disease per customer. If you have thyroid you are not allowed anymore. Sorry hope not to offend but i got out the house today first time in weeks and im feeling a little... well .... amused.

[greygoose in reply to Angelic69]

Well, the whole system is a joke, so we may as well laugh.

[TSH110 in reply to greygoose]

What system?

[greygoose in reply to TSH110]

lol

[Angelic69 in reply to TSH110]

our body system. xx