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[Auntyp62]

I’ve been on thyroxine for 50 years and for last 30 years reasonable stable on 1.25 a day. I do have a medichecks test every year. I don’t have high antibodies . A few years ago I was waking in the night chocking and mri showed my thyroid gland had all but disappeared, with a small part of what was left attached to my windpipe and causing pressure when I ay on my back. I now get tingling in hands and feet and cramp in feet and tightness in my calf muscles and researching am wondering if it’s connected to hypoparathyroid glands which I believe are attached to the thyroid. If they are attached where would they go if thyroid no longer exists ? Is this worth contacting my gp and asking for a calcium test ?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Low B12 is increasingly common as we get older

And particularly for anyone on levothyroxine

What vitamin supplements are you taking

What were your last Medichecks vitamin results

[Auntyp62 in reply to SlowDragon]

Medichecks March 24

Tsh 0.25 (1-5) I know it suppressed but it has been for 50 years

T4 22 (11 to 21) yes high but usually sorts itself and I am not prepared to yo yo my meds as that upsets me more.

T3 4.8 (3 to 6.8) like it when this is higher

B12 was 760 but I take 1000 daily

Vit d was 50……..I’ve taken 4000 with k, for a year now and it doesn’t seem to move up at all 🤷‍♀️

[jimh111]

Don't have any expertise on this but calcium deficiency is serious and a calcium blood test plus PTH is really simple and cheap so it's worth asking your GP to check it out as well as looking at your symptoms.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

request GP test vitamin D, calcium and parathyroid levels together

This test has to be done at large phlebotomy department as parathyroid test needs to be processed immediately