Recived my blood results today from my sample taken on 24th May. I followed guidance - stopped Levothyroxine 24 hrs, B complex 8 days, exercised, drank only water and sample taken 08.15hrs.
My current medication and supplements.
Diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia in June 2020 - supplements added following advice.
Floradix liquid iron and vitamin complex - stopped 7 days prior to test
Gluten free diet
Levothyroxine 175mcg - 100/50 mcg (almus) 25 mcg (mercurypharma). Diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 1999. Recent 25mcg increase. Could this be related to weight gain?
My main issues currently are weight gain, leg pain , muscle weakness and fatigue.
I would really appreciate any advice and guidance regarding my blood test.
Thank you so much
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Prior to that I did have a period of 4 weeks when my symptoms of bloating and discomfort became much less. Gp requested that I eat gluten again for 2 weeks prior to blood test for Coeliac. Result was negative.
Then asked me go back on gluten for a longer period as symptoms returned a few days before bloods taken. I have ignored that and continued gluten free.
Never supplement iron unless you have had full iron panel test for anaemia and it shows low iron. You can have low ferritin and good iron levels
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.
Thyroid disease is as much about optimising vitamins as thyroid hormones
The Vit D Society and Grassroots Health recommend a level of 100-150nmol/L.
If you want to improve your level you'd be looking at 3,000iu D3 daily, your 400iu is a child's maintenance dose.]
When taking D3 there are important cofactors needed as well. I see you are taking magnesium (which is one of them) but D3 aids the 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.
For D3 I like Doctor's Best D3 softgels, they are an oil based very small softgel which contains just two ingredients - D3 and extra virgin olive oil, a good quality, nice clean supplement which is budget friendly. Some people like BetterYou oral spray but this contains a lot of excipients and works out more expensive.
For Vit K2-MK7 I like Vitabay or Vegavero brands which contain the correct form of K2-MK7 - the "All Trans" form rather than the "Cis" form. The All Trans form is the bioactive form, a bit like methylfolate is the bioactive form of folic acid.
Folate ( L- Methylfolate) 1000ųg recommended by b12deficiencyorg . I was having terrible problems with nausea, when I started b12 injections. Now no longer an issue. I need to self inject every other day
Thank you for the information. I am on the case. X
OK, well it is rather a high dose but maybe see what your folate level comes back at - I assume Medichecks is sending you another test to do this as it wasn't possible with this test?
No medichecks will not send out another test for folate serum if finger prick test. They will only send me a partial refund of £8.00. Apparently it is stated in the terms and conditions 🙄
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