new thyroid results

[Tigertummy]

Hi all, I paid to get a full thyroid blood test sort of as a bit of a baseline but also my there’s been a problem in my area and you can’t get blood tests on the NHS anywhere.

Can anyone help me interpret them please?

TSH 2.55mlU/L

FT4 17.5pmol/L

FT3 4.5pmol/L

TPOAb 17.3klU/L

T4 101nmol/L

TgAB 26.8kU/L

The comment alongside them is everything is normal but I can already see my TSH has increased from my last blood test. I can’t judge my T4 as it’s in a different unit.

[GlowCoach Administrator]

Can you add reference ranges for each test? Important as they vary between labs.

AS your TSH is well above 1 then you are ready for a dose increase. You may need to be persuasive and a little pushy with your GP but be nice about it. Keep trying other GPs in the same practice and dont give up. Its the squeaky wheel that gets oiled.

What supplements are you taking?

What are your most recent vitamin results - ferritin, folate, B12 & D3?

[Tigertummy in reply to GlowCoach]

They are all presented like this… is the dark green or all the green?

Graph

[GlowCoach Administrator in reply to Tigertummy]

That one is 0.27 - 4.2. The green area.

[Tigertummy in reply to GlowCoach]

TSH 2.55mlU/L 0.27-4.2

FT4 17.5pmol/L 12-22

FT3 4.5pmol/L 3.1-6.8

TPOAb 17.3klU/L 0-34

T4 101nmol/L 59-154

TgAB 26.8kU/L 0-115

I’m taking a perimenopause supplement as well as iron and vitamin d.

vitamin d 68.1nmol/L 50-250

ferritin 79.9ug/L 30-150

iron 20.6umol/L 10-30

That’s everything they did at the most recent blood test

[GlowCoach Administrator in reply to Tigertummy]

Are you prescribed the iron supplement? Serum iron is mid range and ferritin approaching optimal.

Ferritin should be around 90 - 100 for best use of thyroid hormone. Suggest increasing iron rich foods in diet and eating them often. Chicken livers, pate, red meat etc

Link with ideas for dietary iron:

dailyiron.net/

Do you have a B12 or result? Most people need a B complex.

What supplements are you taking?

Vitamin D should be around 100 - 150. Buy one that includes vit K2 to help it go to your bones. Some are available in oil or you can take it with an oily meal for better absorption. Many members like the ‘Better You’ range of mouth sprays that contain both bit D & K2. Use this calculator to work out how much to take to get your level to 100-150.grassrootshealth.net/projec...

[Tigertummy in reply to GlowCoach]

The iron wasn’t prescribed but was recommended.

last B12 was 561 ng/L 197-771 and that was in March

I take the health and her supplement for perimenopause.

Thank you by the way

[GlowCoach Administrator in reply to Tigertummy]

Your results don't show that you currently need iron. Its possible to take too much iron which can make you ill. Better to increase iron rich foods.

Iron needs to be taken 4 hours away from Levo as it can prevent it being absorbed.

This group doesn;t recommend multivitamins which is really what the perimenopause supplement is. It contains iron which will stop you absorbing all the other things in the suppelement.

The amount of vit D & B12 in it is fairly low so you would be betetr off buying separate, quality supplements of a higher dose.

[Tigertummy in reply to GlowCoach]

Thank you - that’s really helpful! Any recommendations?

[GlowCoach Administrator in reply to Tigertummy]

B complex suggestions: Slightly cheaper options with inactive B6:

amazon.co.uk/Liposomal-Soft...

Contains B6 as P5P an active form:

bigvits.co.uk/thorne-resear...

healf.com/products/basic-b-...

Explanation about the different forms of B6:

helvella.blogspot.com/p/hel...

B complex comparison spreadsheet:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

[Tigertummy in reply to GlowCoach]

Thank you! I really appreciate all of this!