Oh, it just gets better and better for me. Just had a call from the doctor's surgery which has now put me straight into a panic. Got my full blood panel results finally from last week although they may be skewed on some results especially my thyroid because I got tired of wondering when they were going to turn up as I have my bloods done at home and I had been off my B complex for a couple of weeks and ended up taking one the day before they arrived (typical). Obviously the complex has Biotin in. You can see on the second scan that she clearly told them to contact me 24hrs before coming but they didn't.
On compared the latest results to the last full blood panel I had done two years ago the readings are pretty much the same on most although she never checked my cholesterol levels back in 2022 (which in theory at my age she should have done) so have no idea how long I have had the high lipid problem which is not very helpful.
In the meantime the receptionist just phoned to book me in for a telephone appointment with the nutritionist/pharmacist or whatever she is to discuss me going on Statins!!!! Had a very quick read up on them and NO WAY am I going on those. I can't deal with any more symptoms from side effects and stuff affecting my gut dysbiosis. So how in the hell am I going to be able to address getting my lipids down.
Apart from the thyroid results I can't decifer the other results. Can someone help please. What indicates that I need Statins? I see where it says "lipids abnormal contact patient" but it doesn't give any readings/ranges. I read "Lipid levels may become abnormal because of changes that occur with aging, various disorders (including inherited ones), use of certain medications, or lifestyle (such as consuming a diet high in saturated fat, being physically inactive, or being overweight). Well my diet isn't high in saturated fats but I AM physically inactive a lot of the time due to feeling so unwell so that has obviously had a real negative impact on me even though I manage a walk late evenings, although with all the fatigue lately, the infection, the die-off from the probiotic, have just been too fatigued and my legs won't carry me.
Clearly my liver function is struggling to process stuff which my old FD picked up on about 5yrs ago from test results but my liver results show as normal???
Can having had a course of antibiotics a couple of weeks before my bloods affect any particular results?
As regard my thyroid results it now looks like I am slightly undermedicated for ME but would those results be accurate because when she arrived at around 11.30am I had already taken my Levo at around 6am that morning and no small split dose T3 the night before as I would usually before testing and obviously I had B complex the day before.
Out of curiosity would a blood test AFTER taking Levo normally show T4 higher or lower levels?
And here we go again with my T3 looking at a better level on an NHS test. Should I properly retest my thyroid again? I had upped my T3 by an additional 2.5mcg but went back to my original dose of 10mcg a few weeks ago around the time I got the boil that needed treating so didn't know whether the additional symptoms I was feeling was due to the T3 increase or my body fighting that small boil infection.
My B12 and Folate levels don't look too bad considering I was off my B complex for a couple of weeks before but my Ferritin looks a little low and my Folate?
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