Rheumatologist recent attempt at thyroid tests

[Batty1]

Morning, I recently did a thyroid test for my Rheumatologist who is trying to figure out why Im having a difficult time with my biologic injections.

NO she did not do FT3 and apparently she didn’t do the TSH either and Its pretty obvious she doesn’t really have a grasp on the thyroid stuff .... My endocrinologist also did thyroid test the standard test those haven’t come available to me yet.

My Rheumatologist did CBC and Metabolic panel as well as lipids.... My cholesterol is 20 points higher then 6 months ago in spite of exercising and really cleaning up my diet (although far from perfect) I find eating extremely difficult alway have but I really keep that close to my sleeve simply because Im fat and when I say that to anyone that I really don’t eat very much “eyes roll” so I say nothing my husband rides me about my lack of eating often. Below is what the Rheumatologist tested and came back off.

MCHC- 30.8 (L) (32.6-35.0)

Alkaline Phosphate- 120 (H) (35-105)

ERS- 46mm/hr (H) (0-25)

C-reactive - 0.82 (H) (0-0.5)

Thyroxine (T4) - 8.1 (4.5 -12.0 )

T3 Uptake - 27 (24 % - 39 %)

Free Thyroxine Index- 2.2 (1.2 -4.9 )

Current health issues :

Thyroid-less

Psoriatic arthritis

My current thyroid meds:

100mcg T4

10mcg T3.

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