Serum glucose level 5.1
Thyroid Function Test
Serum free T4 level 13.3 abnormal
Serum TSH 12.30
B12 normal
Serum transferrin 3.84 Abnormal
Serum TIBC 89.5 Abnormal
Percentage iron saturation 8% Abnormal
Serum Ferritin 9ng/ml Abnormal
Serum Creatinine 85 Abnormal
Other tests were all normal T3 was not on there.
I was diagnosed a week ago.
I live on the Isle of Man
I am 63 years old, normally active.
Thank you for looking
Kymbo66 can you add in the ranges, (figures in brackets) for your results. For example the range for T4 could be (12-22) but all labs have different machines and different ranges.
It looks as though your TSH is high at 12.30 and that would suggest you are hypothyroid and that you thyroid gland is not producing sufficient T4.
What has your GP said about the results?
You need folate and vitamin D tested
Test vitamin D twice year when supplementing
NHS easy postal kit vitamin D test £29 via
What’s the actual result on B12
“Normal” is not a result
B12 range in U.K. is too wide
Interesting that in this research B12 below 400 is considered inadequate
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
Ferritin is extremely deficient
It’s going to take several months to improve such low levels
Are you vegetarian or vegan?
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
List of iron rich foods
Links about iron and ferritin
An article that explains why Low ferritin and low thyroid levels are often linked
preventmiscarriage.com/iron...
irondisorders.org/too-littl...
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Great in-depth article on low ferritin
oatext.com/iron-deficiency-...
drhedberg.com/ferritin-hypo...
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
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
restartmed.com/hypothyroidi...
Post discussing just how long it can take to raise low ferritin
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
Never supplement iron without doing full iron panel test for anaemia first and retest 3-4 times a year if self supplementing. It’s possible to have low ferritin but high iron
Medichecks iron panel test
medichecks.com/products/iro...
Iron and thyroid link
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
Excellent article on iron and thyroid
cambridge.org/core/journals...
Posts discussing why important to do full iron panel test
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
Chicken livers if iron is good, but ferritin low
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
Heme iron v non heme
Request GP test thyroid antibodies too
About 90% of primary hypothyroidism is autoimmune thyroid disease, also called Hashimoto’s usually diagnosed by high thyroid antibodies
Is there autoimmune disease in your family?
No there is not. Ok I will ask for antibody test.
Help with test results
Thyroid blood test results 
Cholesterol and thyroid test results
Advice on hypothyroidism test results. 
2019 Thyroid Test Results
