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Question re Genova 24hr thyroid urine test

Anyone know how long it takes to freeze the urine sample before it can be posted?? I can only test on a Wednesday due to bring at work mon/tues. Final sample...

Anyone know how long it takes to freeze the urine sample before it can be posted...

Scorchio

•9 years ago

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Am I having a nervous breakdown?

Hello everyone, My life is awful, almost every aspect of it, and despair has hit hard. I have never really got angry or so tearful but things are just too...

Hello everyone, My life is awful, almost every aspect of it, and despair has hi...

Kitten-whiskers

•9 years ago

38 Replies

Help please.......I just don't know what to do next

I am looking for some advice please....I am at my wits end.... I was diagnosed with Graves Disease in 2012 after my son was born. I took carbimozole for 2...

I am looking for some advice please....I am at my wits end.... I was diagnosed w...

Jools81

•9 years ago

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Hashimoto's & Graves Disease

Hi I am new to this site and looking for some help and advice. I first saw my endocrinologist with a TSH of 9 - I was put on 75mcg thyroxine which has been...

Hi I am new to this site and looking for some help and advice. I first saw my en...

Roxychick

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Help and advice

Hi. This is a post for both the thyroid and PA forum. I'd love a bit of advice and thoughts on my blood tests and history. A bit of background: I'm a 38...

Hi. This is a post for both the thyroid and PA forum. I'd love a bit of advic...

Nadpa

•9 years ago

4 Replies

I've been off my medication

After telling my doctor that I'm having symptoms of over medication, she told me to stop taking them and had me come in for blood works. I took the blood tests...

After telling my doctor that I'm having symptoms of over medication, she told me...

Worried221177

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Medication

Hi please can someone advise me as to what to do . I went to see a nutritionist two months ago in relation to my exhaustion and vertigo . I was told to cut out...

Hi please can someone advise me as to what to do . I went to see a nutritionist ...

Angie56

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Wonderful solution to hair loss symptoms

Ive been euthyroid for a good 5 years (so my physicians tell me) but had still experienced many symptoms associated with graves until I read an article by an...

Ive been euthyroid for a good 5 years (so my physicians tell me) but had still e...

Shaz

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Bloating badly

Hi there - also having a problem with bloating - I eat very little carbs and drink quite a lot of water and am just wondering if this can be as a result of...

Hi there - also having a problem with bloating - I eat very little carbs and dri...

R1oma234

•9 years ago

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Piling on the weight

Any advice - my t3 and t4 are acceptable but at lower end of range and I am taking 1 and s half grains of armour but just keep piling on the weight - iron b12...

Any advice - my t3 and t4 are acceptable but at lower end of range and I am taki...

R1oma234

•9 years ago

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Diet Book for Hashimotos

As I plow through the multi-various tips and foods to eat and avoid, some quite contradictory, I wondered if anyone has come across a sane and helpful book...

As I plow through the multi-various tips and foods to eat and avoid, some quite ...

Orpheline1

•9 years ago

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New name

My old user name was depressing every time is read it . Just bee I picked because my mum always said when we were growing up ... Just be yourself an do your...

My old user name was depressing every time is read it . Just bee I picked becaus...

Hidden

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Ndt and Hashimotos

Does anybody here with Hashimoto's / Hypothyroid , fells ill when taking NDT ?! I am trying to figure out what happens with me with that. When taking it , it...

Does anybody here with Hashimoto's / Hypothyroid , fells ill when taking NDT ?!...

Susi1691

•9 years ago

39 Replies

Lactose intolerance

Hi. I'm hoping one of you knowledgeable people will be able to help me. I have had thyroid problems for almost 40 years; the last 20 I have been hypo. My NHS...

Hi. I'm hoping one of you knowledgeable people will be able to help me. I have h...

Abby2003

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Rash

Does anyone get a rash related to their problem?

Comeonpeeps

•9 years ago

5 Replies

uric acid level

I am hypothyroid patient and on thyroxine.I have a pain in my left foot pad from last 12 weeks.My uric acid level is 6.5 and the maximum range is 7.0.I took...

I am hypothyroid patient and on thyroxine.I have a pain in my left foot pad from...

naveed123

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Lorraine Cleaver will be interviewed on The Kaye Adams Programme on BBC Radio Scotland Monday 14/9/15 am.

Scots who have had trouble accessing certain medication can email their story to kaye@bbc.co.uk or telephone 0500 929500....

Scots who have had trouble accessing certain medication can email their story to...

Clutter

•9 years ago

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Supplements and Iodine? Endo says no Iodine - what can I do?

Hi, I was diagnosed with Grave's disease last year (June 14) and was treated initially with Carbimazole and Propranolol. I was put on 'block and replace...

Hi, I was diagnosed with Grave's disease last year (June 14) and was treated ini...

Nicardiff

•9 years ago

2 Replies

vit b 12 advice

Hi, I have not posted for quite a while, but still trying to find a solution to my symptoms. I was put on a trial of levo last year but when I had my bloods...

Hi, I have not posted for quite a while, but still trying to find a solution to ...

Hidden

•9 years ago

10 Replies

Thinking of trying T3 only - any suggestions

2.5 years after a TT I am still not 'right'. I have been taking a T4/T3 combined 100/20 tablet. My latest results show TSH 0.028 (0.35 - 4.94) T4L 8.80...

2.5 years after a TT I am still not 'right'. I have been taking a T4/T3 combine...

France1

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Hashimotos since I was 17

I wasn't diagnosed until 10 years ago, but now my hair has fallen out on the crown and my scalp is all dry and hard. My GP says it is hormone related. I am...

I wasn't diagnosed until 10 years ago, but now my hair has fallen out on the cro...

Wednesday12

•9 years ago

3 Replies

Anyone help with Ranges for sex hormone blood test in Coventry?

I had the results of my sex hormone tests. The ranges for progesterone and oestradiol are missing. The GP did not know them neither did the receptionist. I...

I had the results of my sex hormone tests. The ranges for progesterone and oestr...

CarolineAnne

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Bursitis and Supplements

Yesterday I thought my imagination was running riot but today has confirmed things so I thought I'd share and see if anyone had any thoughts on this. Two...

Yesterday I thought my imagination was running riot but today has confirmed thin...

hunny59

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Oats or not?

Kind people I have a question? I love oats. In an attempt to go gluten free I have dispensed with these favourites of mine as I'd read that they can cause...

Kind people I have a question? I love oats. In an attempt to go gluten free I h...

MikeR

•9 years ago

11 Replies

Insufficient blood test.

Hi everyone Had a NHS full blood count test and my surgery rang this morning to say the doctor wanted it repeating due to the test being insufficient! How...

Hi everyone Had a NHS full blood count test and my surgery rang this morning t...

sophiethecat2003

•9 years ago

8 Replies

Regulation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial activity by thyroid hormones

Just when you thought you'd got your head round T4 and T3... Don't go asking your GP for T2. :-) It is most excellent that someone is actually looking at the...

Just when you thought you'd got your head round T4 and T3... Don't go asking yo...

helvella

Administrator•9 years ago

20 Replies

Low population selenium status is associated with increased prevalence of thyroid disease

You may know that I am always cautious about selenium. I fully recognise that adequate selenium is essential. But I always suggest that a low dose is likely...

You may know that I am always cautious about selenium. I fully recognise that ad...

helvella

Administrator•9 years ago

2 Replies

Question please this 5 and 5.8

Hi please can I ask a question to all the hypos ot there This is for my daughter she has lupus I won't go into all the details but you will see in my profile...

Hi please can I ask a question to all the hypos ot there This is for my daughter...

Rush2112

•9 years ago

3 Replies

1 month

Hello , a couple of quick questions I'd be grateful if you could answer please .... it's now a month I've been on Thiroyd. I'm going to start 2 grains do you...

Hello , a couple of quick questions I'd be grateful if you could answer please ....

alwaysnackered

•9 years ago

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ANTI HAIR LOSS/GREEN SMOOTHIE

So I have been losing a lot of hair every time I shower ...shocking in hand fulls....for almost a year. did find out that I don't convert t4 to t3 so started...

So I have been losing a lot of hair every time I shower ...shocking in hand ful...

jacrjacr

•9 years ago

30 Replies

Posts - Thyroid UK | HealthUnlocked

Thyroid UK

All posts for September 2015

Question re Genova 24hr thyroid urine test

Am I having a nervous breakdown?

Help please.......I just don't know what to do next

Hashimoto's & Graves Disease

Help and advice

I've been off my medication

Medication

Wonderful solution to hair loss symptoms

Bloating badly

Piling on the weight

Diet Book for Hashimotos

New name

Ndt and Hashimotos

Lactose intolerance

Rash

uric acid level

Lorraine Cleaver will be interviewed on The Kaye Adams Programme on BBC Radio Scotland Monday 14/9/15 am.

Supplements and Iodine? Endo says no Iodine - what can I do?

vit b 12 advice

Thinking of trying T3 only - any suggestions

Hashimotos since I was 17

Anyone help with Ranges for sex hormone blood test in Coventry?

Bursitis and Supplements

Oats or not?

Insufficient blood test.

Regulation of skeletal muscle mitochondrial activity by thyroid hormones

Low population selenium status is associated with increased prevalence of thyroid disease

Question please this 5 and 5.8

1 month

ANTI HAIR LOSS/GREEN SMOOTHIE

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