Endo Appt Bloods Results

[Aslangal]

Good morning everyone 👋. Hope you are having a good day.

I have been waiting for these results to come through and they arrived this morning. Appreciate any comments or insights.

My appt with my Endo was good. I took my husband along. As a lip reader, wearing masks was difficult but we managed. I took a list of questions and he covered each one in turn, was very supportive and receptive. This was the top guy I saw this time and I got the impression he was not impressed with my previous two Endo appts which were with Locums apparently. There was definitely a rolling of the eyes and tutting as he looked at their notes.

Anyway, here are the scores on the doors:-

It states:

“Thyroid function tests show a good result

(There are no ranges listed but all my tests at the hospital have been the same lab ranges as in the image attached with my previous year’s results. I have blanked out Dr names and hospital name)

TSH 1.04mu/l

Serum Free Thyroxine 20.6pmol/l

As you know,with thyroid replacement therapy, we aim to keep the TSH within the target range 0.3 - 2.5mu/l.

Vitamin B12 Level is excellent at 853ng/l on oral supplements.

Serum folate is also excellent at 11.1ug/l

Serum iron is normal at 10.2umol/l

Serum ferritin is normal at 199.0ug/l

Serum magnesium is 0.86mmol/l

Serum calcium remains normal at 2.44mmol/l

Vitamin D Level has risen well to 82nmol/l

Anti thyroid Peroxidase antibody Level is elevated at 37iu/ml. I await the results on various autoantibody levels.”

I DID ask him if my bloods showed I might be a poor converter and he said he would look at that.

He also corrected me saying Hashimoto’s is no longer a term used and it is ‘autoimmune thyroid disease’. But yes - I have it.

Thanks in advance. 😀

[fuchsia-pink]

Great that you had such a productive appointment! The ranges you've added would indicate that you are indeed a poor converter - so it's a positive he's "looking" at it.

How do you feel?

[Aslangal in reply to fuchsia-pink]

He did actually say to me ‘I think you might be a poor converter so let’s look at that’. It’s as well I was well prepared with all the figures. I feel slightly better and I say that cautiously as I think I’ve forgotten what feeling ‘normal’ feels like 😉