Blood and Urine Test

[Wassabi]

Hey guys hope everyone doing well. Last week I paid a visit at the public hospital since they were doing a women's month package and they requested to do blood test including thyroid test and urine test. Here are the results. This was on the same day I started Tapazol-Tiamazol. I also got most of my lab results from the very beginning of my journey with thyroids and I'm feeling confused since my blood levels showed I've been hyper and not hypo so I'm wonder if my first internist and endocrinologist misdiagnosed me. But I've always had symptoms of hypo and not hyper until recently after taking the levothyroxine.Also should I be worried about these results? I tend to over search, over think and start to panic lol 😅

[Wassabi]

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Thyroid blood test

[Wassabi]

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Blood test

[Tina_Maria]

Tapazol/Tiamazole (pharmaceutical ingredient methimazole) is an anti-hyperthyroidism medication (you have not been given levothyroxine, don't worry), so it has been prescribed as your RAI has not been that effective and you still need medication to treat your high thyroid hormone levels. As you haven't taken the medication for long, it will take a while until the levels of T4 and T3 will come down.

Symptoms of hypo and hyperthyroidism can actually be quite similar, so in your case, your elevated thyroid hormones are making you feel unwell.

Your iron is very low, so you would need to correct this. Have you asked your physician to test ferritin (iron storage), folate, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin D? All these are needed for your thyroid to function optimally and these are often low in thyroid disease. If they are low, you should start supplementing them (as long as you take the supplements away from your thyroid medication, they will not interfere).

[Wassabi in reply to Tina_Maria]

Hey, I haven't taken any vitamin test, I will do 2 ending of this month and another 2 in may since it's expensive to do them here.

[Tina_Maria in reply to Wassabi]

No worries, I can understand it is difficult, if money is a problem. But once you know your levels, you will see if you are needing supplements or not. As you live in a sunny country, your Vitamin D might actually be good 😉(compared to us here in the UK 🙄).

Hope you will feel better soon!

[pennyannie]

Hey there again :

Did both your mother and sister have RAI thyroid ablation treatment like you have had -

and how are they now - hypothyroid ?

and taking T4 - thyroid hormone replacement ?

[Wassabi in reply to pennyannie]

Hey, no my mother and sister were diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. My mom saw a dr from cuba and gave her a pill which made her better and she stopped drinking it after a year but she doesn't recall the name of it. This was in her early 20's she's now 54 and she hasn't had any issues with her thyroids. My sister and I took RAI at the same time. She's doing so much better. Doctor prescribed her levothyroxine but she didn't drink it. She said she was scared to drink a new pill but she's doing good. Both are taking supplements but no T4.

[pennyannie in reply to Wassabi]

So your Mum in her 20's was hyperthyroid - given a pill - then better after a year and I presume hypothyroid but takes no thyroid hormone medications - and now 54 :

Your sister was also hyperthyroid and took RAI thyroid ablation the same time as you and then the doctor said she was hypothyroid and prescribed her T4 -

but she has refused to take this thyroid hormone replacement.

What are these supplements your Mum and sister are taking -

In the UK when hypothyroid we all start off taking the T4 - thyroid hormone replacement.

[Wassabi in reply to pennyannie]

My mom was drinking multivitamin and B12 injections. My mom also drinks her natural/herbal remedies for her blood now and then aswell. My sister was taking multivitamins gummies. My mom did say that she stop taking the pills because it made her heart race and she lost weight but after stopping it hasn't bothered her and she hasn't taken a blood test to see how she's doing and said she's fine but I did told her we need to have her tested again.

[Wassabi in reply to Wassabi]

I would say that here in my country at the time of when I was diagnosed there were no endocrinologist that were experienced and most GP recommended us to see a doctor abroad either in Mexico or Guatemala.

[pennyannie in reply to Wassabi]

Yes and we too sometimes need to travel to see an experienced endocrinologist though guess not as challenging a journey as to where you live.

[pennyannie in reply to Wassabi]

Yes - it's quite normal to need to take core strength vitamins and minerals -

we tend to concentrate on building up our ferritin, folate, B12 and vitamin D -

and also tests for TSH + Free T3 + Free T4 levels yearly -