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Well, Frank said my TSH was 3.9 and it should be below 5 and it was so I'm fine (that's what he said).
The T3 and the T4 were perfectly normal (that's when he said if they weren't then they would be worried about Hashimoto's. He said my T3 and T4 were perfectly fine. Okay, I just got out my previous blood tests. Here we go: 4/07 3.9 (I added this) 12/06 - 3.19 1/18/05 - 3.80 3/07/03 - 2.97 Okay, Mel, I'm going to confuse you a bit. Ready? The numbers that the labs say are normal are not quite correct. They are based upon what numbers are found in people who are seriously hypothyroid. The TSH for each person is pretty set, like we have a thermostat all our own. And we each are normally somewhere on the range where we feel good. Most people feel good, really good, healthy good, when their TSH is under 2.5. Yup, true. They might not be really really sick until the TSH is much higher. The most important thing is to compare your numbers as you age.Lots of women get hypothyroid as they age (I give myself away here---yes, I've aged!), and MANY never have a TSH out of the "normal" range. (Me here, too). If I were you, I'd make sure the T3 that was done is the FREE T3, not the standard T3, and the same with T4. If those numbers are well within the normal range, and not low normal, you might want to nudge your doctor to check you every 6 months or so. Because it's really really likely that at some point you will need thyroid replacement, and it's better to find that out before you're really sick, depressed, slowed down, with neuropathy, carpal tunnel, etc. Capeche? G'night and sweet dreams.
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LizaJane . --- LYME neuropathy diagnosed in 2009; considered "idiopathic" neuropathy 1996 - 2009 ---s/p laminectomy and fusion L3/4/5 Feb 2006 for a synovial spinal cyst |
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