Test results

[beesting1966]

Can anyone please explain my results. I will post the 2nd page

Thanks

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Please don't spread images over multiple posts.

Your second page is here: healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

If people reply, those replies could be split across the two posts. Hence I have turned off replying on your other post.

There is no need to post twice. Just reply to your own post, and add your second image to that.

[beesting1966 in reply to helvella]

Thank you for explaining what I need to do to add the second page.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Afraid I am really struggling to read both images.

[beesting1966]

Results sorry they could not be read properly when posted before. I have Graves and Hyperthyroid.

Serum ferritin 52 ug/l (15-300.00ug/l)

Serum folate >23.4ug/l(>3.00ug/l)

Serum vit B12 246ng/l(130.00-900.00

HbA1c level 42mmol/mol(<48.00mmo

Serum oestradiol level post menopausal range <55 pmol

Serum vit D total 25 hydroxyvitamin D lev 79nmol/L

Serum LH 14iu/L

Serum FSH level 35.9 iu/L

Se CA 125 level 16ku/L(<35.00u/L

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate 17mm/h(0.00-20.00mm/h)

Serum electrolytes

Sodium 142mmol/L(133.00-146.00)

Potassium 4.6(3.50-5.30mmol/L)

Creatinine 89umol/L (46.00-92.00umol/L)

GFr 57ml/min/1.73m2

SerumC reactive protein level 8mg/L(<5.00mg/L)

Plasma fasting glucose 4.9mmol/L(3.00-6.00mmol)

Thyroid function test

Serum TSH level 3.38mU/L(0.30-4.40mU/L)

Serum free T4 level 10.8pmol/L(8.90-17.30pmol/L

[pennyannie]

Hello again ;

So the above results are after the AT drug was stopped and you are on no thyroid hormone medication.

I have no idea how long it takes, for the AT medication to fully leave your body and no idea how long it then takes for your own thyroid hormone production to back to normal.

Your results now look like your are hypothyroid but I haven't a clue as to how long it takes for the body to reset itself.

Your TSH is high suggesting you are in need of thyroid hormone replacement - though the official line is that you have to wait until your TSH tips over 10 : years ago it was 5 but by the time your TSH is over 3 most people start to suffer hypothyroid symptoms.

Your T4 is only around 24% through the range so this again looks too low as we generally feel at our best when our T4 is up towards the upper quadrant of the range.

There is no T3 reading here which is the most important number as it is T3 that causes all the symptoms. T3 generally runs at around a 1/4 ratio T3/ T4 - so since you T4 is too low I'm assuming the same for your T3.

Too low a level of T3 for you and you will be hypothyroid just as too high a level of T3 for you and you will experience symptoms of hyperthyroidism - neither end of this T3 stick is recommended and we generally feel at our best with a T3 at around 65/75% through the range.

Your metabolism has been running fast and slowed down by the AT drugs, and when metabolism isn't running well the body struggles to extract core strength vitamins and minerals from food and when these fall too low in their ranges your ill health is compounded even further.

I think you need to look to building up your ferritin to around 100 : serum B12 to over 500 : vitamin D to around 100 : whilst folate at 25 looks good.

I hope that is of some help and sorry I 'm not qualified to be able to go through all these results for you.

[beesting1966 in reply to pennyannie]

No you have been most helpful..thank you.

I have been off the carbimazole for 2 years now. I know something is definitely not right as I do not feel well 😕

I take vitamin D 1000u a day

Selenium 200 mics daily

Soya Isoflavones 3000mg 2 daily

Sage leaf 300mg daily

Cod liver oil

[pennyannie in reply to beesting1966]

There is much written about soy products and thyroid health - and it's not recommended on this forum :

Please do your research.

[beesting1966 in reply to pennyannie]

Oh I didn't know that and I will stop taking it straight away...only started taking it about a month ago.I will do some research.

[pennyannie in reply to beesting1966]

I'm now looking at these sage leaves - it's such a minefield isn't it :