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Menopausal Women To Be Offered Therapy

Hi Thought I'd share this on the forum. Hope its ok....

Hi Thought I'd share this on the forum. Hope its ok....

Sparklingsunshine

•1 year ago

Am I going the wrong way? ⬇️

Morning lovely people, my GP lowered my Thyroxin to 75mg from 100mg a month ago in order to get my TSH levels up, which have barely moved in ten years and were...

Morning lovely people, my GP lowered my Thyroxin to 75mg from 100mg a month ago ...

•1 year ago

recommended read.

just got Healing your Thyroid Naturraly By dr Emily lininski out of library. Any one read it? it’s worth a read. The author has thyroid condition. I...

just got Healing your Thyroid Naturraly By dr Emily lininski out of library....

•1 year ago

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Excited! New bloods, need advice... change T3? T4? Vitties & Iron adjustments?

Hi all, I have waited out the 6-8 weeks! Hurray! All info below and in profile Looking for advice what my new numbers mean for my next med change:...

Hi all, I have waited out the 6-8 weeks! Hurray! All info below and in profile ...

FallingInReverse

•1 year ago

Ablation of AV node after pacemaker put on in July

Well, I have finally had the AV node Ablation, after having the pacemaker placed in July. Now I don’t get arrhythmia anymore but very fast pulsations and low...

Well, I have finally had the AV node Ablation, after having the pacemaker placed...

•1 year ago

Test Results

I had tests done at Monitor my Health which have come back without ranges on so I’ve had to guess. I did the tests as you’ve advised in the past. So: TSH...

I had tests done at Monitor my Health which have come back without ranges on so ...

•1 year ago

Private IV Drips & Jabs for Vitamin & Mineral Deficiency

Hi, I recently saw a private endo for my thyroid and she suspects I have vitamin deficiencies and I’m booked in for tests. I’ve seen some adverts for...

Hi, I recently saw a private endo for my thyroid and she suspects I have vitam...

•1 year ago

blood count results?

Hi everyone! 😊 I was just wondering whether any of you wonderful intellectual people can read these blood results and maybe give me an insight to what they...

Hi everyone! 😊 I was just wondering whether any of you wonderful intellectual ...

ThyroidObsessed

•1 year ago

Hypothyroidism

Does anyone know if someone who has had a thyroidectomy due to thyroid cancer and someone who suffers with hashimoto's experience the same long term symptoms?...

Does anyone know if someone who has had a thyroidectomy due to thyroid cancer an...

•1 year ago

Test Results

Hello! I recently had a full thyroid panel work up. All numbers seem to be within range except my T3 levels seem just above the healthy limit. The range says...

Hello! I recently had a full thyroid panel work up. All numbers seem to be with...

•1 year ago

GP Consultation

Well, I had my f2f GP consultation today and I was pleasantly surprised by his reaction. All bloods were within range (?) and there was no other cause for...

Well, I had my f2f GP consultation today and I was pleasantly surprised by his ...

•1 year ago

Help with my GP and NDT

Hi, I have been on ndt for low thyroid since May 23. My GP has requested a blood test, I told him that I am taking ndt and he asked me what that was. I said...

Hi, I have been on ndt for low thyroid since May 23. My GP has requested a blood...

TheresaGreen1967

•1 year ago

Latest bloods for my mum, can anyone interpret?

Hi, My mum has been feeling all the underactive thyroid symptoms in the extreme for a long while now, with little gp support, she’s been told to drop her Levo...

Hi, My mum has been feeling all the underactive thyroid symptoms in the extreme...

•1 year ago

I cannot lose weight. I managed fine for years on Adkins diet then suddenly, in 2000 or so I started gaining wight from 120lbs. to 185 lbs!

For years I managed my weight fine with Adkins diet (low carb). Sometime around 2000 my general practitioner discovered I was hypothyroid & prescribed Levo...

For years I managed my weight fine with Adkins diet (low carb). Sometime around...

•1 year ago

Sex hormones

Does anyone know if 26.3 (16-124) is lower than ideal? My testosterone was bottom of range but now ok with HRT. I’m trying to get to the bottom of my low...

Does anyone know if 26.3 (16-124) is lower than ideal? My testosterone was botto...

•1 year ago

iron results

I’d appreciate some feedback on my iron panel results please? I know my ferritin is too low, even if it’s above the bottom of the range. I upped how much...

I’d appreciate some feedback on my iron panel results please? I know my ferrit...

•1 year ago

Vitamin B12

Just wondering what is classed as optimal B12 with Hashimoto’s? Mine is 84.7 (37.5-150). I don’t take it for a week before blood tests due to it affecting...

Just wondering what is classed as optimal B12 with Hashimoto’s? Mine is 84.7 (37...

Flossiewestie2020

•1 year ago

New thyroid results to add to my previous ones

It was taken at 7:55 am and I hadn't eaten or drank Serum TSH level 5.61 mIU/L [0.27 - 4.2]; Above high reference limit Serum free T4 level 14.5 pmol/L [12.0...

It was taken at 7:55 am and I hadn't eaten or drank Serum TSH level 5.61 mIU/L ...

•1 year ago

TSH 50.5

I was diagnosed with Graves hyperthyroidism in April and put on carbimazole. I have now developed hypothyroidism with TSH of 50.5 and T 3&4 just over 3. I am...

I was diagnosed with Graves hyperthyroidism in April and put on carbimazole. I h...

•1 year ago

Pharmacist blocking prescription

I just want to have a rant. For 30 years I have had the usual frustrations of doctors constantly trying to reduce my dose but nothing has compared to this...

I just want to have a rant. For 30 years I have had the usual frustrations of do...

•1 year ago

Sources and experiences of LDN

Hi again, Just one more sourcing question - does anyone have any recommendations of UK sources of low dose naltrexone? I would also love to hear of anyone's...

Hi again, Just one more sourcing question - does anyone have any recommendation...

•1 year ago

Choosing pharmacy to get Thybon Henning

Hi all, I have a private perscription from endo to get Thybon Henning. He recommended Springfield Pharmacy but I was really put off by their abruptness on the...

Hi all, I have a private perscription from endo to get Thybon Henning. He recom...

•1 year ago

Introducing a new member

Hello folks, this is me here :-) My mother had and my 3 siblings and I still share a history of hypothyroidism. Each of us takes levothyroxine on a daily...

Hello folks, this is me here :-) My mother had and my 3 siblings and I still sh...

•1 year ago

Endo consultation today for low TSH

Hi, I have an appointment with an endo at Charing Cross Hospital today at 2pm (with a [name edited]) to discuss my very low (below range) TSH. My GP referred...

Hi, I have an appointment with an endo at Charing Cross Hospital today at 2pm (...

•1 year ago

Hyperthyroid and Graves preparing for endo appointment!

Hi all! First post here and very grateful to have come across the wealth of information on this site. I have thyroid ultrasound and levels checked yearly and...

Hi all! First post here and very grateful to have come across the wealth of inf...

•1 year ago

stomach acid

I don't understand this stomach acid 'thing'. I take a proton pump inhibitor for high stomach acid but people insist that as you get older you're stomach acid...

I don't understand this stomach acid 'thing'. I take a proton pump inhibitor fo...

•1 year ago

Right side of Neck very warm and red itchy rash appears, stiff neck comes with flared ups. 39 years old, have always been healthy and active

right side of my neck, within 30 minutes of this I was vomiting. No rhyme or reason.

right side of my neck, within 30 minutes of this I was vomiting. No rhyme or rea...

Matriarch_Madness_

•1 year ago

optimal ranges

I’m using the Thyroid calculator I saw posted somewhere on here and I’m just wondering if there is an ‘optimal % range’ not the drs ranges, that I can compare...

I’m using the Thyroid calculator I saw posted somewhere on here and I’m just won...

•1 year ago

New Dr, Low TSH on T3

Hello. I've got a new Dr and I've been asked to have a telephone appointment following recent blood tests. I'm on T3 and I know it's going to be about low...

Hello. I've got a new Dr and I've been asked to have a telephone appointment fol...

•1 year ago

Endo appointment, need NDT

I'm just waiting on an endo appointment (T4, T3 have not worked for me, nearly 4 years of chopping and changing meds by gp/endo). Because of gut/stomach issues...

I'm just waiting on an endo appointment (T4, T3 have not worked for me, nearly 4...

•1 year ago

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