Useless Endo call but offered a thyroid scan.

[Unite_To_Fight]

So I received a phone call appointment with an Endo who noted my palpatation problems and high TPO but of course was as usless as expected only explaining that this is a non issue at the moment and that I should only receieve thyroid TSH testing every six months and that my chance of developing autoimmunity is higher than the average population but that it is not a gurantee, especially considering that I have no know family history of it.

Of course all of this is complete non-sense and he's just another person who has no business being responsible for this kind of patient.

Any, little rant/ramble over, I did get offered a thyroid scan and was wondering how much information or if it would show any indiciation of autoimmunity at all and how useful this kind of procedure is?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Yes ultrasound scan can be very helpful to see scale of damage

If Hashimoto’s or Ord’s thyroiditis

ada.com/conditions/thyroidi...

[Unite_To_Fight in reply to SlowDragon]

I suppose it's a little win then, I managed to get some kind of further investigation.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

What are your most recent thyroid results and vitamin results ?

[Unite_To_Fight in reply to SlowDragon]

Don't have any, I'm still waiting to go private in blood testing, just bad timing with it being christmas soon.

My GP had zero interest in further investigation, I had to contact a nurse from a hospital just to get noticed.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Unite_To_Fight]

Are you currently taking any vitamin supplements?

[Unite_To_Fight in reply to SlowDragon]

Not at the moment, are there any you recommend?, or would I need testing first?

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Unite_To_Fight]

When are you planning/hoping to do full thyroid and vitamin testing

If not till after Christmas/ New year

Can you test vitamin D now - £29 or £26

£29 (via NHS private service ) and 10% off down to £26.10 if go on thyroid uk for code

thyroiduk.org/getting-a-dia...

monitormyhealth.org.uk/

Or £29

vitamindtest.org.uk

[momindenver]

Are you experiencing heart palpitations? For this I have found a hand held portable EKG ($100 USD) helpful to differentiate atrial fibrillation (associated with too much thyroid medicine) from skipped beats (associated with too little thyroid medicine.)

[NIKEGIRL in reply to momindenver]

Is atrial fibrillation really from too much thyroid medication?