Hi! I was just diagnosed with Epilepsy a couple weeks ago and have been having troubles with medications. The dr. ran a blood panel - including a thyroid test on Wednesday.
Less than 24 hours later I got the call that my thyroid is HIGH. As in the highest it should be is 4.5 and mine is 10.69! So meeting with a new primary care doc next week and he's getting the labs faxed over to him. I have specialists, not a pcp. I guess I can't say that anymore.
The PA (from my neuro, who ordered these labs) called and talked to me about my thyroid only and he was supposed to talk about all the test results (he put that he did on the online patient portal and he didn't).
There are some numbers I either don't get or am worried about. I thought I'd post this here to see if anyone has any insight or just a calming word.
First up is the B12 numbers. I guess I don't understand the B12 stuff because here's what it says:
VALUE 243-894 pg/mL
>2000
I've had gastric bypass so I always have to supplement things like Potassium, etc., etc. For once my potassium and calcium were great and I just started B12 supplementation last week. So is this saying that my levels were over 2000 and that it should be between 243-894 or is it saying it SHOULD be greater than 2000 and was only between 243-894? I know that sounds stupid, but at this point I'm not gonna leave any question out. LOL
My WBC is 13.2 and the range is 4.0-11.0 so again, I'm over on that. I read that seizures can elevate levels a bit so maybe that's what's happening here.
The Absolute Lymphocytes are also near the top of the range. I'm just babbling here, now.
I also have a 0.1 on Absolute Immature Granuloycytes and that's the limit on the normal range (0.0-0.1) I should not Google. I should not Google.
My labs are being sent over to the new dr for next week's appt (waiting til the 24th is gonna kick paranoia into overdrive here.
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Does anyone know anything about labs like this or could someone just tell me it's going to be ok? Because seriously...the thyroid will be #8 in things I have wrong with me currently. I'm barely used to #7's diagnosis.
Though I am from Texas and we always go "big" in Texas. I don't do things halfway, apparently.