Have just received a copy of letter sent to my gp and I personally thought it was pretty good and he has picked up the hashis
Copy of letter sent to gp: Have just received a... - Thyroid UK
Copy of letter sent to gp
Well ….no clear request to GP to run coeliac blood test, etc
Or were tests done at the hospital
No mention of low Ft3
Your Ft4 was only high as you took levothyroxine just before blood test and many thyroid patients have TSH that low when adequately treated
Likely now becoming under medicated/low Ft3
It says coeliac serology and b12 and auto antibodies to be tested at the bottom of letter my gp reduced me to 100mg on 22 nd Dec and private rests were done 5th jan
What's good about it? He doesn't actually say anything that your GP - presumably - doesn't already know. He doesn't lay out a treatment plan, just talks about reducing levo due to suppressed TSH, which isn't in the least bit good when your FT3 is so low. And, if he already knows you have Hashi's, why is he retesting the antibodies? That's just a waste of time and money.
I guess endocrinologist has to repeat tests as they “won’t accept “ private test results……even though private tests are frequently done at same lab as NHS use
I don't think Minnie43 has ever been told whether her antibodies......either Graves or Hashi's have been tested......
[Edit] Oops, yes a few posts back - Hashi's confirmed
Yup. And it says at the top of the letter: Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. So, he knows.
What would he mean by other autoimmune diseases?
Coeliac Disease, diabetes, Shogren's syndrome, Pernicious Anemia, there are many, many other autoimmune diseases you could have. And, if you have one, you're more likely to develop another. Although that doesn't always happen. I have Hashi's, but no other autoimmune diseases.
As greygoose said, there are many, but we don't get screened for them on the NHS, unless we present with symptoms for a particular condition (the only exception is coeliac) Labtests online are useful for initial research. Here's what they say about autoantibody profile testing.
labtestsonline.org.uk/tests...
I doubt a GP has the authority to do this testing. The Endo is not expecting your NHS GP to do this test.
How long had you been on 100mcg levothyroxine when did Medichecks test
This doesn’t show improvement…it shows dropping Ft4 and low Ft3
TSH: 0.24 (0.27-4.20)
FT4: 16.3 (12-22)
FT3: 4.37 (3.1-6.8)
Ft4 only 43% through range
Ft3 on 33% through range
Helpful calculator for working out percentage through range
Folate was deficient in Medichecks test.
Post with Medichecks results