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Sore Thumb Joints

Does anyone who is hypo suffer from achy joints? A couple of days after a 3 - 4 hour knitting session my thumb joints were killing me. I have knitted for years...

Does anyone who is hypo suffer from achy joints? A couple of days after a 3 - 4 ...

teyris

•10 years ago

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I' am searching information about new methods thyroid testing and diagnosing.

I want to find interesting researches related with this. I've found on biomedical engineering online good article about using...

I want to find interesting researches related with this. I've found on biomedica...

garen

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Short Synacthen Test Results

Hi My daughter 9.00 am Cortisol level was 46. She has now had the short synacthen test, the first blood was taken at 10.00am The results - 1st blood test was...

Hi My daughter 9.00 am Cortisol level was 46. She has now had the short synacthe...

lucylocks

•10 years ago

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Vitamin b12

My b12 level was 265mls unfortunately i never got the damn ranges. But without ranges does anyone know if that is low. on doing my research it says that it is...

My b12 level was 265mls unfortunately i never got the damn ranges. But without r...

dotti

•10 years ago

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Any advice - I'm running out of steam and just can't keep fighting.

Hello all. I've spent the better part of two years fighting a former employer. I was arrested at the time( a horrendous experience) as she claimed I had...

Hello all. I've spent the better part of two years fighting a former employer. I...

Hidden

•10 years ago

4 Replies

Weight gain

I have just read an article about being over medicated on Levothyroxine. It stated that in some cases you can gain weight if you are taking too much...

I have just read an article about being over medicated on Levothyroxine. It sta...

dylansmum

•10 years ago

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Addisons or LOCAH? Confusing results...help needed.

Hi, I am hoping that someone can help me make sense of my cortisol and androstenedione results. My endo did a full range of bloods to rule out Cushings and...

Hi, I am hoping that someone can help me make sense of my cortisol and androste...

trying80

•10 years ago

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please can you help me with pain control ideas .Have you had a tt and or Thorotomy to remove large goitre.

my op due in 1 week and i really would like more info good or bad on what to expect from this double procedure and pain i am likely to experience etc. Please...

my op due in 1 week and i really would like more info good or bad on what to exp...

sued007

•10 years ago

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Can you exercise with hypothyroidism? can you recommend different types of exercise

I am suffering from hypothyroidism and my thyroid levels are low. I want to find ways of getting my thyroid back to normal and reducing the amount of thyroid...

I am suffering from hypothyroidism and my thyroid levels are low. I want to find...

Hidden

•10 years ago

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Late Onset Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia or Addisons? Cortisol and androstenedione Blood test result confusion

Hi, I am hoping that someone can help me make sense of my cortisol and androstenedione results. My endo did a full range of bloods to rule out Cushings and...

Hi, I am hoping that someone can help me make sense of my cortisol and androst...

trying80

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Am v cross.

Have not been on here for a while so just checking in to give update...have so many things going on and due to suffering with AIH, PBC and Hashis, I never know...

Have not been on here for a while so just checking in to give update...have so m...

Alley27

•10 years ago

1 Reply

T4 Has A Use Besides Being A Pro-hormone, Who Knew

I've been spending some time trying to absorb Dr. Ben Lynch's site, http://mthfr.net/ . One of many things I came across was this. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med....

I've been spending some time trying to absorb Dr. Ben Lynch's site, http://mthfr...

PR4NOW

•10 years ago

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Collarbone hurts

just when I touch it, kind of tender right near the centre but on the end of the left hand side, also generally achey on my shoulders and arms, it's been like...

just when I touch it, kind of tender right near the centre but on the end of the...

Gillybean129

•10 years ago

9 Replies

Thyroid resistance? How much T3 do you take, or other thyroid medication?

Do/did you miss the outer third of your eyebrows?

kiltis

•10 years ago

18 Replies

When do you see improvement?

I've been on 50 levo for 2months now and been taking magnesium, folate, b12 and zinc since end November. My low mood has been slightly better apart from around...

I've been on 50 levo for 2months now and been taking magnesium, folate, b12 and ...

Clmartin80

•10 years ago

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Let's take some action!

Another thread suggested we should march on Downing Street with placards. 10/10 for enthusiasm! And for the idea. Sadly, I don't think we're allowed to do that...

Another thread suggested we should march on Downing Street with placards. 10/10 ...

Hidden

•10 years ago

24 Replies

What's the best iodine test to do?

I lived abroad in a city that has iodine deficiency and want to have an iodine test done before I start taking any iodine. Can anyone recommend a reliable...

I lived abroad in a city that has iodine deficiency and want to have an iodine t...

Neeta-K

•10 years ago

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Making Happy Happen :-)

I just wanted to turn my fellow Thyroid UK friends on to a wonderful woman named Dr. Cammi Balleck who discusses all things thyroid, endocrine and adrenal with...

I just wanted to turn my fellow Thyroid UK friends on to a wonderful woman named...

MSC56

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Holidays abroad

When I first started on levothyroxine in August last year I went on holiday to Crete about 2 weeks later. My ankles blew up straight away when normally this...

When I first started on levothyroxine in August last year I went on holiday to C...

spudandspike

•10 years ago

2 Replies

ME Cfs ???

Hi I was sick with whooping cough 3 years ago have daily head aches fatigue joint muscle pain brain fog irregublar heart rate, the list goes on. Specialist...

Hi I was sick with whooping cough 3 years ago have daily head aches fatigue join...

Caradognorth

•10 years ago

52 Replies

TSH Reference Ranges in the USA

We keep seeing claims that the top of the TSH range in the USA is 3.00. (And that “they” start treatment if TSH goes above that.) This has been repeated by...

We keep seeing claims that the top of the TSH range in the USA is 3.00. (And tha...

helvella

Administrator•10 years ago

48 Replies

Help board in foreign language

But posts are in English! I'm English l can't understand all the headers etc how do I put thus right?

But posts are in English! I'm English l can't understand all the headers etc how...

deniD

•10 years ago

3 Replies

I just cannot get my T4 or T3 tested ,

my GP asked the lab for T4 but it came back with a note on saying "not necessary", and there is absolutely no chance for T3, anyway, my TSH came back supressed...

my GP asked the lab for T4 but it came back with a note on saying "not necessary...

susie59

•10 years ago

11 Replies

extra pic to "dr appt Monday"

dog suddenly sat bolt upright during sleep(photo was upright but fro some reason turne d itself)

dog suddenly sat bolt upright during sleep(photo was upright but fro some reason...

anbuma

•10 years ago

1 Reply

extra photos to "dr appointment Monday"

annie staring at me for ages

anbuma

•10 years ago

1 Reply

dr appointment monday

have doctors appointment on Monday -bit apprehensive as I sent an email to ask him to take me seriously re my stomach and to support me in issues with ENT and...

have doctors appointment on Monday -bit apprehensive as I sent an email to ask ...

anbuma

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Researcher explores link between flame retardant chemicals and thyroid cancer...

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-explores-link-flame-retardants-thyroid.html Scary note at the end of the article re the lack of controls on chemicals...

http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2014-01-explores-link-flame-retardants-thyroid.h...

Clutter

•10 years ago

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Enterovirus detected in Graves Disease...

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.23476/abstract;jsessionid=98F4DA083B8952691306916D2DE42D17.f03t02?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthentica

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.23476/abstract;jsessionid=98F4DA0...

Clutter

•10 years ago

2 Replies

My lab results have come back mid range tsh, below range free t4 and above range free t3. I have dr telephone consult what will he say

Past results (since June 2013) free t4 has been gradually getting lower until below range,

Past results (since June 2013) free t4 has been gradually getting lower until be...

Ladytara17

•10 years ago

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Have you ever been refused T3 by your NHS GP / Endo and felt it was a decision based on cost ?

I ask this because I'm aware that my T3 prescription is costing the NHS (i.e. us ) about the same per month as my rent, and I really don't feel comfortable...

I ask this because I'm aware that my T3 prescription is costing the NHS (i.e. us...

mickstability

•10 years ago

39 Replies

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All posts for January 2014

Sore Thumb Joints

I' am searching information about new methods thyroid testing and diagnosing.

Short Synacthen Test Results

Vitamin b12

Any advice - I'm running out of steam and just can't keep fighting.

Weight gain

Addisons or LOCAH? Confusing results...help needed.

please can you help me with pain control ideas .Have you had a tt and or Thorotomy to remove large goitre.

Can you exercise with hypothyroidism? can you recommend different types of exercise

Late Onset Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia or Addisons? Cortisol and androstenedione Blood test result confusion

Am v cross.

T4 Has A Use Besides Being A Pro-hormone, Who Knew

Collarbone hurts

Thyroid resistance? How much T3 do you take, or other thyroid medication?

When do you see improvement?

Let's take some action!

What's the best iodine test to do?

Making Happy Happen :-)

Holidays abroad

ME Cfs ???

TSH Reference Ranges in the USA

Help board in foreign language

I just cannot get my T4 or T3 tested ,

extra pic to "dr appt Monday"

extra photos to "dr appointment Monday"

dr appointment monday

Researcher explores link between flame retardant chemicals and thyroid cancer...

Enterovirus detected in Graves Disease...

My lab results have come back mid range tsh, below range free t4 and above range free t3. I have dr telephone consult what will he say

Have you ever been refused T3 by your NHS GP / Endo and felt it was a decision based on cost ?

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