Bloods advice please

[HollieBerry]

I went to collect a blood form from my docs today for something unrelated to thyroid, and the receptionist accidentally gave me a blood form for thyroid panel and iron count as well (an old one) 😬 I know I’m a bit sad, but I was quite excited about this. Probably because asking for blood testing is like asking for actual blood from their veins 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

I’ve just started my 6wks of Liothyronine again today after just over a week break (due to endo not prescribing enough and running out) so I was wondering... how long shall I leave it before testing? For a good incite into how my levels are coping with the T3? I was thinking a week maybe?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

6-8 weeks after any dose change or brand change in levothyroxine or T3

[HollieBerry in reply to SlowDragon]

Aww that’s disappointing. So this forms pretty useless then. The endo will send me for one in 6wks anyway 😕

[penny]

You’ll only get an insight into your thyroid status if the lab does the full set of tests.