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Extensive Bloodwork After 3 Months on TRT
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<blockquote data-quote="mopes" data-source="post: 45517" data-attributes="member: 12832"><p>Thanks Chris. Number of things I can think of off the top of my head stress related. Wife totaled her car six months ago and still has bad back/neck pain, two daughters under 3, bathroom remodel, work in the financial industry so brexit and now all time highs in the market have caused good amount of stress. Guess I'm not surprised to see it slightly out of range in the morning as there is good amount of stress/anxiety upon waking. Frankly I was shocked that my cortisol wasn't more out of wack.</p><p></p><p>Coffee intake was very high for the past month of two, 4-5 cups a day. Have ratcheted that down to 1-2. Sleep has improved recently to 7-8 hours a night but still wake up fatigued and lethargic. </p><p></p><p>I lift weights 2 days a week (squats and overhead press one day, deadlifts, bench and pullups the other day) and mountain bike 1-2 days a week so feel pretty covered on the exercise front. </p><p></p><p>The ferritin level is the one thing holding me back from moving forward with thyroid. Bizarre because I've never donated blood and up until recently was usually cooking with cast iron. Five months ago I ran a similar extensive blood panel and my Iron serum was above range as shown below:</p><table class='post-table width: 514' style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td ><p>2/10/2016</p></td><td ><p>6/15/2016</p></td><td ><p>Range</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Iron Bind Cap</p></td><td ><p>374</p></td><td ><p>466</p></td><td ><p>250-450 ug/dL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>UIBC</p></td><td ><p>173</p></td><td ><p>339</p></td><td ><p>111-343 ug/dL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Iron, Serum</p></td><td ><p>201</p></td><td ><p>127</p></td><td ><p>38-169 ug/dL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Iron, Saturation</p></td><td ><p>54</p></td><td ><p>27</p></td><td ><p>15-55 %</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>transferrin-iron saturation percentage</p></td><td ><p>53</p></td><td ><p>27</p></td><td ><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Ferritin, Serum</p></td><td ><p>98</p></td><td ><p>21</p></td><td ><p>30-400 ng/mL</p></td></tr><tr><td ><p>Vitamin B12 Reflex</p></td><td ><p>480</p></td><td ><p>967</p></td><td ><p>180-914 pg/mL</p></td></tr></table> Not sure what happened to swing things so far the other way as it relates to Iron/Ferritin. Only two things jump out in my mind, a few months ago I started adding 2.5g of cocoa to my coffee, I know cocoa contains Iron but looks like it can also interfere with the binding. The excessive coffee intake may have had a similar impact? </p><p></p><p>Other thing that I've been wondering about is the increase in my b12 levels vs. 5 months ago. Wasn't on a multi vitamin or b complex during first test, then added in a daily multivitamin with cyanocobalamin. Since the most recent testing I've found out that about the MTHFR c677t gene mutation I carry and have switched to a multi with methylfolate and methylcobalamin as opposed to the inferior version in the previous multi. </p><p></p><p>Grasping at straws though as it relates to ferritin and iron. Going to retest in another month or so to see what's going on before adding the thyroid med. Any thoughts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mopes, post: 45517, member: 12832"] Thanks Chris. Number of things I can think of off the top of my head stress related. Wife totaled her car six months ago and still has bad back/neck pain, two daughters under 3, bathroom remodel, work in the financial industry so brexit and now all time highs in the market have caused good amount of stress. Guess I'm not surprised to see it slightly out of range in the morning as there is good amount of stress/anxiety upon waking. Frankly I was shocked that my cortisol wasn't more out of wack. Coffee intake was very high for the past month of two, 4-5 cups a day. Have ratcheted that down to 1-2. Sleep has improved recently to 7-8 hours a night but still wake up fatigued and lethargic. I lift weights 2 days a week (squats and overhead press one day, deadlifts, bench and pullups the other day) and mountain bike 1-2 days a week so feel pretty covered on the exercise front. The ferritin level is the one thing holding me back from moving forward with thyroid. Bizarre because I've never donated blood and up until recently was usually cooking with cast iron. Five months ago I ran a similar extensive blood panel and my Iron serum was above range as shown below: [TABLE="width: 514"] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]2/10/2016[/TD] [TD]6/15/2016[/TD] [TD]Range[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Iron Bind Cap[/TD] [TD]374[/TD] [TD]466[/TD] [TD]250-450 ug/dL[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UIBC[/TD] [TD]173[/TD] [TD]339[/TD] [TD]111-343 ug/dL[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Iron, Serum[/TD] [TD]201[/TD] [TD]127[/TD] [TD]38-169 ug/dL[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Iron, Saturation[/TD] [TD]54[/TD] [TD]27[/TD] [TD]15-55 %[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]transferrin-iron saturation percentage[/TD] [TD]53[/TD] [TD]27[/TD] [TD]%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ferritin, Serum[/TD] [TD]98[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]30-400 ng/mL[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Vitamin B12 Reflex[/TD] [TD]480[/TD] [TD]967[/TD] [TD]180-914 pg/mL[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Not sure what happened to swing things so far the other way as it relates to Iron/Ferritin. Only two things jump out in my mind, a few months ago I started adding 2.5g of cocoa to my coffee, I know cocoa contains Iron but looks like it can also interfere with the binding. The excessive coffee intake may have had a similar impact? Other thing that I've been wondering about is the increase in my b12 levels vs. 5 months ago. Wasn't on a multi vitamin or b complex during first test, then added in a daily multivitamin with cyanocobalamin. Since the most recent testing I've found out that about the MTHFR c677t gene mutation I carry and have switched to a multi with methylfolate and methylcobalamin as opposed to the inferior version in the previous multi. Grasping at straws though as it relates to ferritin and iron. Going to retest in another month or so to see what's going on before adding the thyroid med. Any thoughts? [/QUOTE]
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