Bloods help

[dodge1979]

Hi all

TT aug

Rai Oct 18

TSH need to be under 0.1. Cancer

Endo started me on T4 T3 combo 2 weeks ago

125 levo and 10t3

Bloods after 2 weeks

TSH 1.01

T4 19. Range top is 21

T3 5.5. Range top is 6.5

Wants me to go up to 125 levo and 20t3 daily

Bloods to be done again in 2 weeks

Any advice

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Can you add the ranges on these results

Suggest you split the T3 into 3 doses 8 hours apart

10mcg waking, 5mcg mid afternoon and 5mcg at bedtime

When do you take Levothyroxine?

At bedtime or waking?

Two weeks is too soon to retest bloods. More like 6-8 weeks

[dodge1979 in reply to SlowDragon]

Walking for t4

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to dodge1979]

Make sure that Levothyroxine especially is on empty stomach and then nothing apart from water for at least an hour after

Avoid Calcium rich foods for four hours after

T3 - again best on empty stomach and then nothing apart from water for at least an hour after if possible