Help on blood results for graves total TT...

[birkie]

Here are my only bloods from my TT in May this year(diagnosed with hyperthyroidism /graves)

First off all I don't know what this means

Paperwork dated June 24th 2019

PHT.. 3.1......pmol/L.....1.6-6.9

TSH.... <0.02.......mU/L....0.30-4.50

Free T4.. 31.5...pmol/L....11.0-22.0

FreeT3...5.4...pmol/L....3.1-6.8

End Of Report...

Bloods from sep 23rd 2019

TSH....0.05....mU/L..0.30-4.50

Serum free <T4 LEVEL.. NORMAL.. 13.3

pmol/L.. 11.00-22.00 pmol-L

Sertum free T3 level normal.. 3.1..pmol/L...3.10-6.80pmol/L

Thank you in advance... ❤️❤️

[Lalatoot]

Birkie In the earlier bloods your body was just settling after your TT. The later set of bloods would suggest to me that you are in need of medication or an increase. The word normal is written on the results but the levels are at the low end of this normal. I would be feeling poorly with those results. It is free t3 ft3 that causes us to be symptomatic and your ft3 is at the bottom of the range. It really needs to be over half way through or higher I suggest. Your ft4 is low. More t4 in the form of levo would raise your ft3.

Your tsh is of little importance as there is no thyroid for the pituitary to stimulate that feedback loop is broken.

[birkie in reply to Lalatoot]

Hi lalatoot

That's what I said to the surgeon on my last app 21st sep this year... I said the loop is broken between my pitruitry and my thiyroid so TSH really isn't what we should be concentrating on my T3 is very low..... His answer was to discharge me as he could no longer hetp me... I am waiting to see an endo but even he is encouraging my gp to only focus on TSH.. Its a conspiracy me thinks... If the NHS helped thiyroid sufferers instead of keeping us ill some pressure could be lifted of them.... Just treat us with respect and the right drugs would that be so hard.... And another thing the NHS go on about money and cost surely treating a pacient to get them well would take the cost of visits to endos and GPS.... Its mad.. 😡😡😡

[Lalatoot in reply to birkie]

Totally. They have no idea. I am l lucky to live in Scotland so I have managed to get a trial of T3 on the NHS. Think I am the first in my area as the endo hadn't a process in place for prescribing it! I hope that you will manage on levo but from what I see on here those of us who have had a TT or RAI like me, seem to need T3 added. Chin up, we'll get there..

[birkie in reply to Lalatoot]

One thing I am is no quitter they took their jobs to help people they get paid well to do so.. So if I have to remind them of this I will.. 👍👍