I have had bloods done in preparation for my Endocronologist appt. next week. I would really appreciate your help so I can have good info to take with me.
As mentioned in my previous post I’m on 100mcg Levothyroxine 5 days and 50mcg n day 6 = 550 a week.
In addition to the attached I had:
Vitamin D - 15 low ...should be over 50
Vitamin B12 - 33 (below low range 35)
Folate - normal apparently
Antibody test - normal apparently
(I will get copies of these from Endo)
Attached are the blood results - I placed them all on one sheet to make it easier to read...I’m hoping.
Thanking you, so appreciate all your kind advice🙏
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Attached are the blood results - I placed them all on one sheet to make it easier to read...I’m hoping.
Unfortunately not, they're impossible to read, too small even on my large PC monitor.
Choose the most important page and just put the one picture on. Then from your other results leave out the ones that are within the normal range and just post any that are abnormal or possibly borderline. Just post
Test name - Result - reference range.
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Vitamin D - 15 low ...should be over 50
This is a terrible result, it is severe Vit D deficiency (the same level mine was at when I discovered I had deficiency).
"Treat for vitamin D deficiency if serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels are less than 25 nmol/L.
For the treatment of vitamin D deficiency, the recommended treatment is based on fixed loading doses of vitamin D (up to a total of about 300,000 international units [IU]) given either as weekly or daily split doses, followed by lifelong maintenance treatment of about 800 IU a day. Higher doses of up to 2000 IU a day, occasionally up to 4000 IU a day, may be used for certain groups of people, for example those with malabsorption disorders.
* Several treatment regimens are available, including 50,000 IU once a week for 6 weeks (300,000 IU in total), 20,000 IU twice a week for 7 weeks (280,000 IU in total), or 4000 IU daily for 10 weeks (280,000 IU in total)."
Once these have been completed you will need a reduced amount so you should make sure that you are retested after you have finished the loading doses so that you know how much you should then take going forward. Most doctors, if they continue prescribing, only give 800iu daily which isn't enough. If GP wont retest then do this privately (link below) and post your new result at the time for members to suggest a new dose to bring your level up to what's recommended by the Vit D Council/the Vit D Society - which is 100-150nmol/L - and then you'll need a maintenance dose to keep it there, which may be 2000iu daily, maybe more or less, maybe less in summer than winter, it's trial and error so it's recommended to retest once or twice a year to keep within the recommended range. You can do this with a private fingerprick blood spot test with an NHS lab which offers this test to the general public:
Doctors don't know, because they're not taught much about nutrients, but there are important cofactors needed when taking D3 as recommended by the Vit D Council.
D3 aids absorption of calcium from food and Vit K2-MK7 directs the calcium to bones and teeth where it is needed and away from arteries and soft tissues where it can be deposited and cause problems such as hardening of the arteries, kidney stones, etc.
D3 and K2 are fat soluble so should be taken with the fattiest meal of the day, D3 four hours away from thyroid meds if taking D3 as tablets/capsules/softgels, no necessity if using an oral spray.
Magnesium helps D3 to work. We need Magnesium so that the body utilises D3, it's required to convert Vit D into it's active form. So it's important we ensure we take magnesium when supplementing with D3.
Magnesium comes in different forms, check to see which would suit you best and as it's calming it's best taken in the evening, four hours away from thyroid meds if taking magnesium as tablets/capsules, no necessity if using topical forms of magnesium.
You will have to buy your own K2-MK7 and magnesium, these wont be prescribed.
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Vitamin B12 - 33 (below low range 35)
Is this a GP test or a private test? GP test is usually Total B12 with a wide range of something like 140-800. Some private tests are Total B12, some are Active B12 which has a range of 37.5-188. Please clarify which this is because this is a dreadful result and you should be tested for B12 deficiency.
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Please get the numbers for Folate and antibody tests.
Your latest thyroid tests show a slightly below range TSH which is fairly typical for many of us on thyroid hormone replacement, it is not suppressed though. Your FT4 is 86% through range but your FT3 is only 35.29% through range which suggests poor conversion.
Your dire nutrient levels will be playing a part in that, we need optimal levels for thyroid hormone to work properly and good conversion to take place. I expect your Ferritin is low as well and I wouldn't be suprised if you have raised antibodies showing autoimmune thyroid disease (aka Hashimoto's) where low nutrient levels and deficiencies are common.
All the other tests on that page are within range and past results show this as well.
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