Hello
Getting a bit tierd of the GP saying.blood tests are normal...the probed and found my cholesterol was high.
Is there a list of Normal range results for all the blood test we need for hypothyroidism..a list of what i should be asking my doctor to be testing for..GP wont test for Live T3 but read its really important. I've also got the anti bodies.is this hashimotos ?.I'd just like to understand and have a comparison chart.
It's all a bit confusing isn't it?
If your cholesterol is high, then your T3 is probably low. High cholesterol is a hypo symptom, but it's rare to find a doctor that knows that.
Ranges vary from lab to lab, and for interpretation of results, you can only use the range used by your lab. So, no, there's no such list or chart for thyroid blood tests.
When a doctor says 'normal', all he means is that the results is somewhere - anywhere - within the range. But, that is not necessarily 'normal' for you. The best thing to do is calculate the percentages through the range. Handy calculator here:
But, even then, as we're all individuals, with different needs, it's impossible to say it should be this or that percentage. But, on average, hypos need their FT4/3 at least over 50%, and probably more like 75% - or even higher.
TSH, on the other hand, needs to be 1 or under for most people.
If you have over-range TPO antibodies, that is Hashi's, yes. 
Seratonia, it is totally unacceptable that your doctor is not willing or able to keep you informed about your thyroid health. Normal means nothing. We are all individuals and what might be a good level of T4 and T3 for one person is not good enough for the next.
Are you in the UK? If so you are entitled to have your test results. Get in touch with the receptionist and ask for a printout of your thyroid blood results. You should be able to collect them a couple of days later from reception.
Once you have some blood results share them on here and members will be able to help.
Hi there, if you are in the UK then you can read what results you have and if you click the result it takes you to a site that explains what the normal result should be and what is considered outside normal and what it can cause if to high or to low and if there is anything that you can do ( if there is anything) to bring it to a normal level, but you must remember that what is normal for one is not normal for everyone, whenever I get asked about if I go to the toilet regular and when I answer yes I go for a wee every morning when I get up and again before I go to bed and I have a poo normally once a week and they never believe me and tell me I should go every day whilst I know most people go every day or every 2 days which may be normal for most people it is not normal for me so results may have a "normal" range there is always a exception to what is normal for most, so it is not normal for all.
Not everyone in the UK has computer access to their test results. 
My Vade Mecum document has links to Lab Tests Online around the world which help explain what tests mean. But reference intervals (ranges) are specific to each lab and need to be obtained (whether online or on a piece of paper) along with the results.
helvella - Vade Mecum for Thyroid
The term vade mecum means:
1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
Please don't get put off by the number of pages!
Nor by the fact it is targeted at people interested in thyroid issues. Much of its contents could be of use to many involved in health issues. Things like abbreviations, lists, general reference information.
In particular, it is not intended that you sit and read the document. Just that you download it and know you can look things up.
If there is anything you'd like me to add, let me know.
Not everything is in this one document - my major medicines document is still separate!
From Dropbox:
dropbox.com/s/vp5ct1cwc03bl...
From Google Drive:
drive.google.com/file/d/1ZW...
Everyone in the UK is entitled to access of their records by law, but you have to request it at your doctors if you want a copy then if they are stored on a computer it can cost upto £25.00 for a print out copy for you to take away if they are stored on paper then for a full copy back to the day you were born will cost up to £50.00 several years ago I needed a copy and as some were on a computer it cost the full £25 and for the rest that were still only on paper it cost me the full amount of £50 so a full copy from the day I was born to the day I asked was a total £75 when I collected them I was told it had taken two of the office staff two and a half days each so I thought what it cost was well worth the money, when I collected them they also told me that due to the time it took they were now going to employ an extra two people full time to get all of the records digitised as they had over 2500 people registered at that surgery and they did not want a lot more people asking for copies until they had put them all digitised. It costs nothing to just ask to see your records and by law thay have to show you them. Good luck in sorting your records out. Regards Poppy Ann.
Yes I appreciate that and your reply does add information.
But I replied to point out that we can't all click on the result(s). Only those who get their results in that form (typically within an app).
(I'd also note that many of the explanations of results are at the extreme end of simplistic. And this is a widespread issue we see in private results posted here as well as numerous websites. The Labtestsonline people do try to be reasonably comprehensive without becoming too deeply scientific.)
Poppy_Ann
As helvella has said, not every surgery in the UK provides online access to records. For those of us who do not have this facility then, as you say, we are legally entitled to a copy of our records but we do not have to pay, see
patients-association.org.uk...
Do I have to pay?
No. Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) accessing your medical records is free.
Any patient who is asked to pay should challenge this.
I still cant access blood test results online have to ask reception for a copy which have to collect.
Is finger prick blood testing accurate?
Please help me with my list!
Blood testing
NHS T3 Blood Testing.
Blood results
