Do you have any recent thyroid and vitamin results you can add
First thing is, do you have any actual blood test results? if not will need to get hold of copies.
You are legally entitled to printed copies of your blood test results and ranges.
The best way to get access to current and historic blood test results is to register for online access to your medical record and blood test results
UK GP practices are supposed to offer everyone online access for blood test results. Ring and ask if this is available and apply to do so if possible, if it is you may need "enhanced access" to see blood results.
See you have recently been diagnosed with poor functioning kidneys…….extremely common HYPOTHYROID symptom that should improve significantly as low thyroid levels are increased
Wow thank you for the advice! Yes I do have have low B12, D and folate. GP just gave me a course of Folic Acid which lifted levels from 43 back to my normal kidney level of 51. So im atage 3 CKD.
Do you know how the NHS react to having a private test done? Do they take it at face value or argue the result?
What are your most recent vitamin D and B12 results
NHS only tests and treats vitamin deficiencies
Down to us to self supplement to maintain OPTIMAL vitamin levels
Vitamin D at least least 80nmol minimum and between 100-125nmol may be better
Serum B12 at least over 500
Any ferritin result?
What’s your diet like
Are you vegetarian or vegan
Gluten free or dairy free
What were thyroid results ?
was this recent test done early morning?
We recommend testing FULL thyroid and vitamin levels once a year
Then testing TSH, Ft4 and Ft3 after any dose change in levothyroxine
Getting all four vitamins tested and at optimal levels quite likely to increase TSH so you can get started on levothyroxine
ESSENTIAL to test thyroid antibodies. GP should test
NHS currently only tests Thyroglobulin (TG) antibodies if TPO antibodies are high/abnormal
Significant minority of Hashimoto’s patients only have high TG antibodies so struggle to get diagnosed
Similarly approx 20% of Hashimoto’s patients never have high thyroid antibodies at all. So a negative antibodies test doesn’t rule Hashimoto’s out. Ultrasound scan of thyroid can get diagnosis in these cases
This medic is possibly seeing your labs sitting within the ref ranges and assuming all is well....No!
Instead, he should be looking to find the exact spot within the ranges, where you feel well again.
SlowDragon has given you excellent info re private testing...this is possibly the only way you can start to make in-roads into your health issues.
FT3 is the most important reading followed by FT4.
T3 is the active thyroid hormone and for good health it must flood almost all the cells in the body ....and must be available in a constant and adequate supply.
Low cellular T3 = poor health!
Kidney and bladder issues are often hypo symptoms....this has developed with me after decades of no, then wrong, thyroid medication
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