I posted after recent test results and feeling increasingly tired, having joint pain, pins and needles and loosing weight rapidly (65kg now 57kg 5ft 8)
My results were:
Serum ferratin 18 range (15-400)
Serum free T4 15 range (10-22)
Free T3 4.3 (3.3-6.8)
Serum TSH 0.44 range (0.3-5.5)
Total white blood count 7.8 10*9/L [4.0 - 10.0]
Red blood cell count 4.53 10*12/L [3.8 - 4.8]
Haemoglobin concentration 130 g/L [120.0 - 150.0]
Haematocrit 0.41 [0.36 - 0.46]
Mean cell volume 91 fL [83.0 - 101.0]
Mean cell haemoglobin level 28.8 pg [27.0 - 32.0]
Mean cell haemoglobin concentration 304 g/L [315.0 - 345.0]
Hello, currently on 200 teva as lactose intolerant. Test was at 8:40 fasting. Was an error on vitamin D it doesn't say unit on online access. I'm in the UK. It has been a series of battles since thyroidectomy 2 years ago. Will discuss with GP on Monday. Thank you
With lactose intolerance and gluten intolerance you very likely need small doses of T3 prescribed alongside levothyroxine once all four vitamins are optimal
It’s going to take significant levels of vitamin supplements to improve
Email Thyroid UK for list of recommend thyroid specialist endocrinologists who will prescribe T3
They probably won’t do it ...but always worth trying
Look at increasing iron rich foods in diet
Eating iron rich foods like liver or liver pate once a week plus other red meat, pumpkin seeds and dark chocolate, plus daily orange juice or other vitamin C rich drink can help improve iron absorption
This is interesting because I have noticed that many patients with Hashimoto’s disease and hypothyroidism, start to feel worse when their ferritin drops below 80 and usually there is hair loss when it drops below 50.
Thank you for all the advice. I started with symptoms of gluten and lactose intolerance just before they found first nodule. I had started levo after my lobectomy and tried to get it under control but nodule was compressing oesophagus and affecting my ability to eat. Have had some many issues since then being and have seen an end once but will have a look at list that I can get as wasn't helpful.
Folate and B12 need supplementing. Your symptoms point to those deficiencies and results confirm. I would suggest a good quality Methyl B complex such as Igenus...
Have you checked your calcium levels? I had a thyroidectomy 2015 and have suffered from hypocalcemia since then. Not too uncommon after this kind of surgery 😔. Pins and needles is a sign when your calcium is low. Also weight loss.
One thing I learned the hard way is how important it is to have ALL electrolytes in balance. I found out just one year ago that I was also low in zinc and magnesium. If you take large amount of one mineral it depletes the others. Without enough zinc you get malabsorption. I was loosing a lot of weight. I started take hcl and zinc and after a couple of weeks I started to gain weight. And feeling much better overall.
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I'm new here. Can someone help me understand my blood test results, please? 
