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Letter from the endo- gobsmacked!!

I am currently gob smacked!! The letter below was sent to my very unsupportive GP from an endo whom he asked for advice from after I had asked my GP to trial...

I am currently gob smacked!! The letter below was sent to my very unsupportive G...

tjkj69

•10 years ago

81 Replies

Best way to get feritin up quickly?

Hi, thanks to the information I have found on this site I asked for some blood tests, and it turns out I am a little low in calcium, but I was very worried by...

Hi, thanks to the information I have found on this site I asked for some blood t...

MidnightBlue

•10 years ago

26 Replies

Advice re blood test results please.

Hi. Can someone please look at my latest blood test results. I've a brilliant gp who is working his hardest to help me,and I'd like to know what to be asking...

Hi. Can someone please look at my latest blood test results. I've a brilliant g...

Mum24

•10 years ago

2 Replies

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Liquid T4 is helping but my pulse is now 104bpm

and I am flushing a little. Last time I saw The Endo she suggested Betablockers to ease this, but my appointment isn't til the end of September. I am not toxic...

and I am flushing a little. Last time I saw The Endo she suggested Betablockers ...

Kitten-whiskers

•10 years ago

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Carry on Fussing/Camping

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDtRRdpDd2g This is the eve of family and friends, including many teenagers, getting ready to go camping to a small music and...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDtRRdpDd2g This is the eve of family and friend...

MaryF

•10 years ago

18 Replies

vit b12 injection management

After taking vit b12 injection,how many days I should take vit b complex tabelts to balance other vitamins?

After taking vit b12 injection,how many days I should take vit b complex tabelts...

naveed123

•10 years ago

1 Reply

up date on NDT started last Tues 15th

Im nearly afraid to say anything but I think it is helping - nothing that I can put a finger on but in the last week I have taken 3 days off work to do...

Im nearly afraid to say anything but I think it is helping - nothing that I can ...

malone1

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Pharmacist Fun

Went to collect my prescription today. I was asked if I had time to see the pharmacist for a review of my meds. First up - levo. She points out that my...

Went to collect my prescription today. I was asked if I had time to see the pha...

rosetrees

•10 years ago

13 Replies

results at last

Hi a few of you have asked me to post results so here goes. TSH 7.45 ( 0.35 -5.5 ) T4 17 ( 9 - 23) T3 4.0 (3.5 - 6.5 ) This...

Hi a few of you have asked me to post results so here goes. TSH 7.45 ( 0...

Pinkpeony

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Armour & T3 combo

Blood results taking 90 armour and 1 x 20 T3 since dosage increase 7 weeks ago TSH 0.14 T4 11.6 T3 9.1 Please help Ferretin levels have now increased to......

Blood results taking 90 armour and 1 x 20 T3 since dosage increase 7 weeks ago T...

bennion666568

•10 years ago

8 Replies

I'm thinking I've increased too quickly?

Increased from 2.5 to 3 yesterday and today (been taking NDT 6 weeks) but just feel weird. My hands are shaky, my palpitations worse than usual (resting heart...

Increased from 2.5 to 3 yesterday and today (been taking NDT 6 weeks) but just f...

sip1

•10 years ago

9 Replies

Been referred to Endocrinologist... Finally!

After almost two years of battling with several different surgeries, I have finally found a doctor who had referred me to an endocrinologist. The reason for...

After almost two years of battling with several different surgeries, I have fina...

scuba2dan

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Comment on son's TFT results please

My 22 year old son has recently been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Here are the test results after taking levothyroxine 50mg for 6-8 weeks. After reading...

My 22 year old son has recently been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Here are th...

pussycatwillow

•10 years ago

2 Replies

I am not to be alarmed:

Thank you for reading this. Another test has filtered back to me. 25-hydroxy Vitamin D 62.4 nmo/l Vitamin D2 < 6.0 nmo/l...

Thank you for reading this. Another test has filtered back to me. 25-hydroxy Vit...

Hidden

•10 years ago

20 Replies

RE. awful new site

At one time when you looked on members list/profiles you could see who was also in your area. Does this still exist? cos I can't find it.

At one time when you looked on members list/profiles you could see who was also ...

siskin

•10 years ago

8 Replies

Are you having a hypothyroid freak out? 10 ways to push

So many Hypothyroid Mom readers write to me about anxiety and panic attacks, yet doctors have never considered taking a closer look at their thyroid, adrenal,...

So many Hypothyroid Mom readers write to me about anxiety and panic attacks, yet...

Clutter

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Blood test results - excellent link

Hi all, Just been on the PA forum regarding Paul's blood test results - Marre there gave me this link http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/full-blood-count Very...

Hi all, Just been on the PA forum regarding Paul's blood test results - Marre t...

sheenah

•10 years ago

7 Replies

Optimum Time and Conditions for Thyroid Blood Tests

Article discusses how fasting and time of day of testing can alter TSH results. ...The Thyroid Manager online textbook mentions that Serum T4 concentrations...

Article discusses how fasting and time of day of testing can alter TSH results. ...

Clutter

•10 years ago

1 Reply

low T3

just returned from doctors TSH 2.60 Free T4 18.5 T3 1.8 so no need to increase thyroxine even though the symptoms i have indicate they may be due to low...

just returned from doctors TSH 2.60 Free T4 18.5 T3 1.8 so no need to increase t...

suekit

•10 years ago

2 Replies

GP listened!

Hi all. Thank you all so much for all your input, it is such a wonderful thing to have this site where we can all support each other. I have just been for an...

Hi all. Thank you all so much for all your input, it is such a wonderful thing ...

bestbuddy

•10 years ago

1 Reply

A refreshing Summer drink

Plain coconut water. Rose's lime juice cordial (no other brand will do). Water. You only need a little of both coconut water and lime juice cordial then...

Plain coconut water. Rose's lime juice cordial (no other brand will do). Water. ...

Hidden

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Confused

Hi all. Am new to these posts so bear with me. Have had under active thyroid for appx 15 years. Am currently on 60 T3 + 200 T4. Was with Dr Skinner but just...

Hi all. Am new to these posts so bear with me. Have had under active thyroid for...

Hidden

•10 years ago

1 Reply

Fed Up! Endo Says T3 Not worth measuring!

I have Schmidt Syndrome and basically am feeling totally miserable.. My T3 is rock bottom and I am still displaying Hypo symptoms. Chronic fatigue,constant...

I have Schmidt Syndrome and basically am feeling totally miserable.. My T3 is ro...

loopyhels

•10 years ago

11 Replies

Going to docs need advice what to ask for

Hi all I am hashimotos diagnosed A year ago . I am on 150 Levo have been for months but am still gaining weight cAn not lose I am gf and work out regularly...

Hi all I am hashimotos diagnosed A year ago . I am on 150 Levo have been for mo...

becsthebird

•10 years ago

14 Replies

To be or not to be that is my question :-)

Hi everyone , hope you are all well as can be , if like me it's graves skies , at the moment got another water infection on antibiotics ! Do these interfere...

Hi everyone , hope you are all well as can be , if like me it's graves skies , a...

Binkynoo

•10 years ago

3 Replies

Swollen thymus gland, swollen ankles, swollen feet...swollen blooming everything :-(

Here I am again :-( this time with a swollen lump in the middle of my chest which I have worked out to be my thymus. But now I'm panicking as the "C" word...

Here I am again :-( this time with a swollen lump in the middle of my chest whic...

Tweetypie28

•10 years ago

17 Replies

Everything aches, feel bruised and 'fuzzy'.

Hi all I posted a few days ago about a tingley feeling in my foot since increasing my Levothyroxine. The past couple if days added in to this is a feeling of...

Hi all I posted a few days ago about a tingley feeling in my foot since increasi...

mrspinkrat

•10 years ago

5 Replies

Survey Reveals Significant Unmet Support Needs of Thyroid Cancer Patients

http://www.clinicaloncology.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Solid%2BTumors&d_id=148&i=July+2014&i_id=1082&a_id=27797

http://www.clinicaloncology.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Solid%2BTumors&d_id=148&i=Jul...

Clutter

•10 years ago

2 Replies

Got 25 mg levothyroxine from GP after a struggle

Latest results are following left thyroid lobectomy 4 months ago TSH 1.68 (0.35-4.5), Free T4 14 (10-25), Free T3 4.9 (3.0-7.0), although in range I argued...

Latest results are following left thyroid lobectomy 4 months ago TSH 1.68 (0.35-...

JaneHo

•10 years ago

10 Replies

Levo for 12 months now told to stop it!!! Help please :-(

Some of you may remember I posted about a month ago about seeing a clueless GP (himself Hypo) who said he'd refer me to an Endo. I found one who sounded OK...

Some of you may remember I posted about a month ago about seeing a clueless GP (...

infomaniac

•10 years ago

24 Replies

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All posts for July 2014

Letter from the endo- gobsmacked!!

Best way to get feritin up quickly?

Advice re blood test results please.

Liquid T4 is helping but my pulse is now 104bpm

Carry on Fussing/Camping

vit b12 injection management

up date on NDT started last Tues 15th

Pharmacist Fun

results at last

Armour & T3 combo

I'm thinking I've increased too quickly?

Been referred to Endocrinologist... Finally!

Comment on son's TFT results please

I am not to be alarmed:

RE. awful new site

Are you having a hypothyroid freak out? 10 ways to push

Blood test results - excellent link

Optimum Time and Conditions for Thyroid Blood Tests

low T3

GP listened!

A refreshing Summer drink

Confused

Fed Up! Endo Says T3 Not worth measuring!

Going to docs need advice what to ask for

To be or not to be that is my question :-)

Swollen thymus gland, swollen ankles, swollen feet...swollen blooming everything :-(

Everything aches, feel bruised and 'fuzzy'.

Survey Reveals Significant Unmet Support Needs of Thyroid Cancer Patients

Got 25 mg levothyroxine from GP after a struggle

Levo for 12 months now told to stop it!!! Help please :-(

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