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Endo appointment

Hi everyone I'm a bit worried I have my first endo appointment next week and don...
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Saliva Test

Can someone tell me where i can get a saliva test please?? I cant get onto the R...
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Piece on thyroid and other metabolic hormones/diet/bone growth/aging/metabolism etc ( fairly technical)

Interesting piece here which raises all sorts of interesting connections relatin...
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What should 'normal' levels be?

I'm on 50mcg of Levothyroxine per day, receptionist gave me blood result (fr...
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Any advice on my results?

Iron 11umol/l (8.8-27) Iron saturation 19.6% (20-50) Folate >58nmol/l (8.07-45...
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HELP BACK TO SQUARE 1

So my results for a battery of tests is normal!!..will somebody please tell me w...
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Can anyone recommend a good NHS endocrinologist in Staffordshire area?

Had a review with my GP today and been given 4 options of hospitals in Staffords...
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Does anyone else have hot sweats & under active thyroid.

I take 50mg levothyroxine for my under active thyroid. Some days I have really b...
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Helping everyone with thyroid disease

A few days ago I received a lovely letter from GIVE a CAR telling me that they w...
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Armour

Did anyone else experience stomach pain on starting Armour?
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Hashimotos - auto-immune - what does this mean for other things?

Waiting to find out results of blood tests for anti-bodies. Had ultrasound of n...
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Getting blood test results.

For once this is not a complaint about getting blood test results. I went to our...
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Are all NHS GPs averse to or prevented from doing all the tests, or is there a list of amenable ones?

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What time should I take my tablets?!

Hi I am an absolute nightmare for remembering my tablets, even with alarms, pil...
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Has anyone developed any other auto immune diseases along with Hypothyroidism?

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hot at bedtime.

Hi im on lev 100mg-50mg started taking medication at night still feeling hot exs...
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Hello again. It seems my GP may help me (outside the box) but I need to sort something out I have had TSH Free T4 Free T3 and antibodies,

tested privately but now need to get a reverse T3 test done. Can anybody advise ...
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Does calcium affect absorption of liothyronine?

There is no mention of it on the information leaflet that came with the liothyro...
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Hello. Im new to all this and am interested to know how easy it is to get Naturethroid or Armour on prescription.

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Does anyone have continuing weight gain? Its been over 10 years and it just keeps piling in.

I'm on 150 mgs Thyroxine daily.
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Taking Thyroid Medication at night - it has happened by accident

Every night I put my thyroid capsules on my bedside cabinet ready for the mornin...
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Is it OK to take Evening Primrose Oil with Levothyroxine.

I have started taking Evening Primrose Oil capsules, for my hot sweats, but wond...
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Should I expect a cold virus to hit me harder and take longer to get over than before I became hypothyroid?

My recovery from undiagnosed hypothyroidism had been going so well. Nearly a yea...
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Help with blood results

Hi. I would greatly appreciate anyones comments on my latest blood results.They ...
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hypothyroid and side effects

Help-- I recently changed taking Levo from mkornibng to evening as I was having...
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The 'National Academy of Hypothyroidism', Mary Shomon and Dr Kent Holtorf are holding a live webinar tomorrow (thu 31/01/13)

For those of you who are not signed up to the National Academy of Hypothyroidism...

Subclinical, mild and severe form of hypothyroidism - same thyroid hormone dosage?

I wonder and I couldn't find much information while doing Internet search, do pe...
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What to ask an Endo on 2nd visiting for Hyperthyroidism

I was diagnosed on first visit and numbers and test results didn't mean anything...
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PCOS, M.E and hypothyroidism,low iron and high ferritin. Gosh I’m that confused today that I’m confused with what I’m confused over!

If anyone could spare the time to have a little read of my blog and questions, a...
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On T3 only and having a 'dip', any other tests I should request from GP

Hello. Have been on T3 only for over a year after having two thirds of thyroid ...
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