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mgal,

You are doing what thyroid patients should do and are advocatig for yourself to get the most definitive diagnosis and best possible treatment.
I commend you for this and for the great example you set for other patients. I hope you don't hit any more walls as you go along with this process.


Jim Lowrance
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Hi Jim,

How are you ?? Hope that everything is ok..well I am writing to give you an updated of what happened from last time that I wrote, now it`s been a while not writing.

Well as you know, I did the tests of the vitamin B-12 and did me again a range of same tests of last time because of MILD anemia.

Finally at the clinic I found a doctor which told me hmm your thyroid is 3.01 it`s a bit low seems. Well I told him about my research done on the internet and he seemed to be more open- minded compared with other doctors. He suggested till now not to worry and try to relax and within 2 months time I`ll do the tests again to see what happen. What do you think?? Do you think it is a good suggestion? or maybe I`ll go and do tests in a private clinic??
Well he told me, that why I am asking you the expert of thyroid :-) that it might be due to the fact that I was sick it might effect my thyroid?? Is it true?? So it means that it can fluctuate a lot???

The following are the new test results together with those of last time for comparism:
Vitamin B12 558pmol/l (142-725)
Folate- 27.9 nmol/l (6-39)
white blood cell count 5.30 * 10^9/l (3.5-11)NOW IS 4.10
neutropholis 2.57 * 10^9/l (2.5-7.5)NOW IS 1.84
lymphocytes 2.08 * 10^9/l (1.6-3.5) NOW IS 1.78
monocytes 0.53 * 10^9/l (0.2-0.8) NOW IS 0.34
eosinophils 0.09 * 10^9/l (0-0.4) NOW IS 0.08
basopils 0.03 * 10^9/l (0-0.1)NOW IS 0.03
red cell count 3.80 * 10^9/l (3.9-5.6) NOW IS 4.10
haemoglobin 12.0 g/dl (11.5-16.5)NOW IS 13
haematocrit 36.7% (36-48)NOW IS 40.2
mean cell volume 95.6 fl NOW IS 97.1
mean cell hb 31.3 pg NOW IS 31.4
mean cell hb conc 32.7 g/dl NOW IS 32.3
red cell distribution 11.5% NOW IS 12.
platelets 218 * 10^9/l (140-400) NOW IS 200
mean platelet volume 11.1 fl NOW IS 11.1
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate 9 mm 1st.HR (10-14)

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Hi mgal,

It's wise that yu advocate for yourself and also have a Dr. with an open mind in allowing patient-input.
Your lab ranges look pretty good from what I can tell as a layperson and your B-12 is at good level as well being above mid-range.
I'm a little surprized your Dr. said your thyroid is a little low but wants to wait the eight weeks to retest. He may want to be really sure with the level being somewhat borderline. Two months isn't much time to wait and see how the level reads on a retest.
We'll be curious to see the new thyroid levels when you do get the retesting done, if you can post it again. Stay with the communicating and input with your Dr. and it will help zero in on best diagnosis and treatment. It sounds like you're doing a great job with elimination and zeroing-in on possibles.


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hi jim,

thanks loads for yr reply.
My Tsh test was done on 08/07/08, well if I do it in november maybe the test again 4 months would pass, what do you think?? Maybe than will see what happen. Yes sure everyhing that would happen, I will post it here.

Thanks

mgal

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mgal,

About every eight weeks is good for retesting patients that are in process of being leveled-out on thyroid hormone medication therapy or who are at those "iffy" points of heading toward abnormal levels. Actually October would be at 8 weeks for you and if you want the retests done at about that time (around Oct 7), I would discuss it with him and be firm in wanting it done then.
If it looks like it hasn't moved much by then or is even better normal range he might then want to wait several months before a retest.
I may have already suggested this but when symptoms that match thyroid ones are being experienced, I believe the "thyroid antibodies should also be tested for. These are the TPO and TG antibodies and can detect thyroid disease in the face of normalish TSH and thyroid hormone levels.


Jim Lowrance
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