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Help with supplements please

Hi so I have Hashimotos, could I have advice/help with supplements please. FERRITIN 46 (30 - 400) Iron deficient, had iron taken off me in 2016 RED BLOOD...

Hi so I have Hashimotos, could I have advice/help with supplements please. FERR...

Eleanor_k

•7 years ago

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GP appointment

Hi I had GP appointment this afternoon and it has been quite positive. I have been given an increase in meds from 150mcg levothyroxine to 175mcg with a retest...

Hi I had GP appointment this afternoon and it has been quite positive. I have be...

Coko

•7 years ago

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Do you think a sonographer knows if a lump is cancer or not?

Hello, So, I had my FNA today, it wasn't pleasant but I survived!! When I checked in for my appointment the nurse told me that many times the sonographer/Dr...

Hello, So, I had my FNA today, it wasn't pleasant but I survived!! When I checke...

Wavinghello

•7 years ago

6 Replies

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Vitamin and mineral results

Ferritin 7 (15 - 150) Folate 2.0 (2.5 - 19.5) Vitamin B12 196 (190 - 900) Vitamin D total 44.1 Anything on here need sorting? Thanks

Ferritin 7 (15 - 150) Folate 2.0 (2.5 - 19.5) Vitamin B12 196 (190 - 900) Vitami...

Nattee

•7 years ago

11 Replies

Worried about results, don't understand what is wrong with me

Hi I am new to this site. I have gotten these results and I am worried about them, what do they mean please? I have tremor, muscle cramps and aches, tiredness,...

Hi I am new to this site. I have gotten these results and I am worried about the...

Eleanor_k

•7 years ago

14 Replies

US report, what does it mean?

I've just been able to read the report on my neck ultrasound scan, haven't spoken to my Gp yet but hope to tomorrow. Can anyone shed a light on what any of it...

I've just been able to read the report on my neck ultrasound scan, haven't spoke...

SunsetLady

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Other results

Thankyou Thyroid peroxidase antibody 475 (<34) Thyroglobulin antibody >1300 (<115) Ferritin 12 (30 - 400) Folate 2.5 (4.6 - 18.7) Vitamin B12 186 (190 - 900)...

Thankyou Thyroid peroxidase antibody 475 (<34) Thyroglobulin antibody >1300 (<1...

Libby_18

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Lab tesults

Hi, I am new to this and had Radio Iodine treatment on August 23rd so is the labs the start of going underactive ?

Hi, I am new to this and had Radio Iodine treatment on August 23rd so is the lab...

Medwaylass69

•7 years ago

12 Replies

Starting T3 - any warnings, tips, advice?

Hey folks So, if anyone has seen some of my other posts, they'll know that my levels have been catastrophically awful for a while now and I've been really...

Hey folks So, if anyone has seen some of my other posts, they'll know that my le...

quinq

•7 years ago

23 Replies

GP keeps changing my dose

I am newly registered. My GP keeps changing my dose of levothyroxine before the 6 weeks of each dose change is up and she adjusts in more than 25mcg...

I am newly registered. My GP keeps changing my dose of levothyroxine before the ...

Nattee

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Overmedicated?

TSH 0.02 (0.2 - 4.2) Free T4 22.8 (12 - 22) Free T3 4.5 (3.1 - 6.8) Taking 75mcg thyroxine and 10mcg T3 diagnosed 2012 Thankyou

TSH 0.02 (0.2 - 4.2) Free T4 22.8 (12 - 22) Free T3 4.5 (3.1 - 6.8) Taking 75mc...

Libby_18

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Vitamins and minerals

Thanks for reading Ferritin 5 (15 - 150) Folate 2.3 (2.5 - 19.5) Vitamin B12 181 (190 - 900) Vitamin D total 24.4 (<25 severe deficiency)

Thanks for reading Ferritin 5 (15 - 150) Folate 2.3 (2.5 - 19.5) Vitamin B12 1...

Annette117

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Reduction of medication

I saw Dr Skinner over a number of months as I was unhappy with my medication of 125 mcg of levothyroxin. It was increased slowly finding an optimum of 200 mcg...

I saw Dr Skinner over a number of months as I was unhappy with my medication of ...

Lizbeth1

•7 years ago

6 Replies

Just started on 10mg carbimazole and now suffering from sore throat but worried

I've just started on 10mg of carbimazole and I'm now got a sore throat and m gp said I should go straight to A&E. Or do I ring 111 I'm unsure as I have just...

I've just started on 10mg of carbimazole and I'm now got a sore throat and m gp ...

Hayley95

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Help do these results mean my thyroxine dose is right now?

I had my thyroxine increased 25mg to 75mg in total way back in August. I still feel rotten, no energy pain and tingling in hands and pain in feet,weight gain,...

I had my thyroxine increased 25mg to 75mg in total way back in August. I still f...

Chrissie1964

•7 years ago

16 Replies

No dose increase

New here why won't endo increase. I have abnormal results and he says my symptoms (constipation/fatigue/pins and needles/breathlessness/feeling...

New here why won't endo increase. I have abnormal results and he says my symptom...

Vkb6

•7 years ago

5 Replies

NDT and blood test

Hi Hope someone can advise. I have a Medichecks test here and want to take the test tomorrow. I am on WP thyroid x2 a day. Dose 1 at 7am and 2nd at around...

Hi Hope someone can advise. I have a Medichecks test here and want to take the ...

mb008

•7 years ago

4 Replies

A Reminder from Dr. Lowe about T3

Dr. Lowe is deceased but four years ago I posted some remarks of his regarding taking T3. Now that many have begun using T3, this might interest them. They...

Dr. Lowe is deceased but four years ago I posted some remarks of his regarding t...

Heloise

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Thyroid and Menopause?

Hi I'm new, can a menopause result be mistaken for a thyroid problem?

Helene1971

•7 years ago

12 Replies

Confused

Hi I'm new can anyone explain my recent antibody result it stated 1493 what does this mean in English?

Hi I'm new can anyone explain my recent antibody result it stated 1493 what does...

Helene1971

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Reverse T3 results

Hi I have just received the test from private blood results about my RT3. RT3 32 [10-24] Please do you have any suggestions and opinions about this. I am...

Hi I have just received the test from private blood results about my RT3. RT3 ...

epep

•7 years ago

7 Replies

My niece taking roaccutane help on what to use for very dry lips

Hello can anyone advise on what to use on severely dry lips as a result of roaccutane treatment. Thanks

Hello can anyone advise on what to use on severely dry lips as a result of roacc...

Snoopy23

•7 years ago

5 Replies

T3

Hi New member here Please could I be recommended a source of T3. Previous endo said I can't convert without it and new endo has refused to extend or renew T3...

Hi New member here Please could I be recommended a source of T3. Previous endo ...

Kitsuna

•7 years ago

15 Replies

Is Ferritin level needed if FBC done ?

how important/ informative is it to have ferritin levels checked if a full blood count is done anyway and there is no evidence or suggestion of anaemia ? what...

how important/ informative is it to have ferritin levels checked if a full blood...

alchemilla12

•7 years ago

2 Replies

This is how NOT to do it

I just thought I'd display a typically useless trial that seeks to discover if combination treatment is superior to T4 only. The trial selects only 32 patients...

I just thought I'd display a typically useless trial that seeks to discover if c...

diogenes

Remembering•7 years ago

16 Replies

Question about Vitamin D testing

Just back from a latest appointment with the GP, and it appears that even though they've tested for anemia as well as infections etc, they've not yet tested...

Just back from a latest appointment with the GP, and it appears that even though...

Nessie54

•7 years ago

2 Replies

Weight loss and Hypothyroidism

Hi first time posting only just heard about this site. I have hypothyroidism and cannot lose weight. I eat healthily and I go to at least 4 exercise classes a...

Hi first time posting only just heard about this site. I have hypothyroidism and...

Jeandon

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Suppressed tsh with low ft4

Hi everyone I have a question I am trying to understand something. What causes s suppressed tsh with low ft4? For years before my TT I had a suppressed tsh...

Hi everyone I have a question I am trying to understand something. What causes s...

Johnjoe123

•7 years ago

8 Replies

Please can someone tell me adout these blood results

These results came through from medicheck today

Marwari

•7 years ago

6 Replies

TSH, FT3 & FT4 results

I've always been regarded by my GP as euthyroid as results are always in range, despite being symptomatic. However, I'm seeing a naturopath who thinks my...

I've always been regarded by my GP as euthyroid as results are always in range, ...

ann_g_k

•7 years ago

12 Replies

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All posts for October 2017

Help with supplements please

GP appointment

Do you think a sonographer knows if a lump is cancer or not?

Vitamin and mineral results

Worried about results, don't understand what is wrong with me

US report, what does it mean?

Other results

Lab tesults

Starting T3 - any warnings, tips, advice?

GP keeps changing my dose

Overmedicated?

Vitamins and minerals

Reduction of medication

Just started on 10mg carbimazole and now suffering from sore throat but worried

Help do these results mean my thyroxine dose is right now?

No dose increase

NDT and blood test

A Reminder from Dr. Lowe about T3

Thyroid and Menopause?

Confused

Reverse T3 results

My niece taking roaccutane help on what to use for very dry lips

T3

Is Ferritin level needed if FBC done ?

This is how NOT to do it

Question about Vitamin D testing

Weight loss and Hypothyroidism

Suppressed tsh with low ft4

Please can someone tell me adout these blood results

TSH, FT3 & FT4 results

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