Invisible Woman
Senior Member (Voting Rights)
Good luck @ Wonko!
Probably won't happen, I'll either get to 6am and think sod this, or I'll get outside take a couple of breaths and decide it's not a good idea etc., but if I'm missing, or more odd tomorrow..........you (dear reader) know why
(even if everything goes well I'm liable to be a tad stressed and freaked out, possibly with a bit of euphoria thrown in, always a dodgy combo if people want me to make sense or be rational)
@erin
Thank you but I'm hoping for abnormal ones, anything to give me a partial explanation, partial treatment, and to wave in my doctors face.
I need explanations, most of the time I don't, I probably won't by the time the results come in, but right now, just one little thing......would be nice.
Possibly that makes me abnormal![]()
Depending on the results I will decide on what treatment to try, most thyroid things can be bought online, I'm actually much more concerned about blood tests to calibrate treatment, especially if they need to be done in the morning. They will be a major problem if needed frequently.But what they do is just give you a fake thyroid hormone medicine which is horridand expect you to get better and shut up about it. If it is Hashimoto's it takes ages to diagnose and not taken seriously for some reason.
Sorry to tell...
On the up side, I guess I persevered with the thyroid med and I feel it is now helping a bit. Whatever the result, I hope test helps you.
the most comprehensiveWhich test bundle did you buy in the end, @Wonko?
T3 is liothyronine.![]()
the one with rT3 and ratio, and a few other bits
Thyroid Check UltraVit rT3
I don't think so. Or I'm abnormal, too. People always say "Oh, I hope everything comes out normal". No, I don't hope that. I feel crappy, I wanna know why; if possible I wanna know exactly why.I need explanations, most of the time I don't, I probably won't by the time the results come in, but right now, just one little thing......would be nice.
Possibly that makes me abnormal
Easier, than expected, lol, it was far from easy. Hostile air, cold enough to hurt but warm enough to allow me to continue, right on the borderline, combined with having to drag/bully my body, and my now confirmed reduced vision (focus, which has dropped significantly in the last week, now apparently affecting at least short and intermediate vision). My aspergers didn't prove as much of a problem as I was expecting, I think partially down to my new technique of smiling and occasionally nodding, essentially randomly, if conversations were occuring near me, and because people followed the rules.Well done @Wonko for getting the tests done, so glad that it was easy and no probs. Good news about the warm home discount, finally you've sorted this too.
14 days is a very long wait for the results, but the tests you are describing is more than what I get usual. Mine is out within a week usually.
Painkillers, which ones do you take? I find paracetamols lowering my body temperature.
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Thank you.So glad you managed to get out and get the tests done @Wonko. I have Hashimoto's, diagnosed 15 years ago. I was under treated most of the time, because doctors insist on adhering to the TSH. Idiots. So I'm off-roading it now. I'm getting my own NDT. Taking lots of vitamins and minerals to support my thyroid in utilising the hormone.
Dosing by physical response is easy enough. I'm happy to do one blood test a year.
The forum at www.tpauk.com are excellent for advice.
Thinking about your NDT response - it's been found useful in reducing auto antibody levels in Autoimmune diseases. You could test normal for Hashimoto's antibodies now because of taking it, but would still have it! My antibody levels have decreased to normal because this happens over time in Hashimoto's. But I still have the condition.
Yes, you muddied the water by self treating. But stuff the doctor. Having a clear and definitive diagnosis never helped me get adequate treatment. Because doctors are hide bound twats.
14 days is a very long wait for the results
I don't really do the whole "asking" thing, unfortunately, so I'll just wait.Might be worth asking?
I don't really do the whole "asking" thing, unfortunately, so I'll just wait.