Another day on the 🎡😵‍💫🚑

[Troya18]

Well - went to See GP at 3 pm She said my thyroid with range TSH 2.8 is bang in middle - said range up to 3 something and that don’t need to test for t4 . Then she decided I needed to go to hospital to check my heart - rule out that I’m having a heart attack . Had one round of bloods - they have done thyroids too , had an ex ray , ecg etc Retesting something to do with heart as it’s borderline - if it comes back ok - I can go home it’s 1.10pm I’m still got pain in right side

Cardio docs parting shot was I need to lose weight - me well yes I’ve tried but I’m not sure my thyroid meds are correct 🤷🏻‍♀️ He said must make more effort , more exercise but only if my cardio blood tests come back ok 🙄and that the Thyroid tests done at hospital today will be sent to GP next day or so

WTH is this madness - why don’t they seem to know about thyroid ???

Least I’m in a cardio / respiratory place and not A n E

[humanbean]

She said my thyroid with range TSH 2.8 is bang in middle

Doctors may think that having a TSH in the middle of the range is wonderful, but it isn't. Healthy people with no known thyroid disease don't have a mid-range TSH. The distribution for the healthy is highly skewed with a large majority of people having TSH which is lower than mid-range.

See this graph, work out where your result would be on it, and read the blurb on the page as well :

web.archive.org/web/2004060...

Look at the right hand half of Table 3 in this paper - you'll need to download the PDF version to see it :

eje.bioscientifica.com/view...

This info was commented on in this thread :

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

People with thyroid disease who take thyroid hormones in any form usually end up needing a TSH lower than that of healthy people in order to feel well. But most doctors think we're all going to drop dead if we have a TSH which is low in range or below range so they insist on keeping us under-medicated if they can.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

This article is written by heart specialist

gponline.com/endocrinology-...

Replacement therapy with levothyroxine should be initiated in all patients to achieve a TSH level of 0.5-2.0pmol/L.

Explain you have been left on just 50mcg levothyroxine for 5 years

Request/insist they test Ft4 and Ft3

Heart needs Ft3 to work well

Like thousands of U.K. patients you’re going to need to test privately

Monitor My Health Is cheapest for TSH, Ft4 and Ft3

Plus vitamin D

Has GP tested thyroid antibodies

Recommend wearing a Fitbit or equivalent to record resting heart rate

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Thyroid testing late in day…..unfortunately may not show levels as low as testing early morning