Interpretation of results

[Pepekins]

I had my thyroid gland removed 18 years ago due to papilliary thyca and have had various issues over the years, most, possibly due to taking highish doses of levo. I have recently had a raft of blood tests and wondered if I could post them for some advice. I also wondered about the iodine issue and if levo alone supplies this, or do I need to supplement. Thank you.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Pepekins

Feel free to post all your results, please include the reference ranges as well as they vary from lab to lab. Members will comment.

As for Iodine, Levo supplies some, certain foods also supply Iodine - milk, yogurt, white fish, and others. If you are thinking about whether or not you need to supplement then you should do a non-loading urine Iodine Test with Genova Diagnostics, details of how to order are on ThyroidUK's main website

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 tested.

Also extremely important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if on just Levothyroxine

Recommended on here that all thyroid blood tests should ideally be done as early as possible in morning and fasting. Last Levothyroxine dose should be 24 hours prior to test, (taking delayed dose immediately after blood draw). This gives highest TSH, lowest FT4 and most consistent results. (Patient to patient tip, best not mentioned to GP or phlebotomist)

Is this how you do your tests?

Private tests are available. Thousands on here forced to do this as NHS often refuses to test FT3 or antibodies or all vitamins

thyroiduk.org.uk/tuk/testin...

Medichecks Thyroid plus ultra vitamin or Blue Horizon Thyroid plus eleven are the most popular choice. DIY finger prick test or option to pay extra for private blood draw. Both companies often have special offers, Medichecks usually have offers on Thursdays, Blue Horizon its more random

If you add your most recent blood test results and ranges then members can advise on next steps