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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
Help with blood work, please
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<blockquote data-quote="Vettester Chris" data-source="post: 4912" data-attributes="member: 696"><p>Rob, IMO you need to get a PTH (Parathyroid) assay. Depending on the state of your glands, the magnitude of hyperparathyroidism could vary from minimal to extreme, as what we see with hyper or hypothyroidism, or even hypogonadism. Anyone of us, physician or not, can speculate on this, or the lab can be ordered just as easily and take the speculation out of the picture.</p><p></p><p>On the comment about your doctor being on the fence for T3 therapy ... Your FT4 is at 40% of it's range value. 50% to 80% would be the goal (again IMO) to aim for both FT4 and FT3 when everything is optimal. So, going on this, your FT4 is a tad low. I'd like to compare that with the FT3, not the total T3 that you posted. Even if the FT3 were in the same range, or lower, I would highly encourage you to get the Reverse T3 checked and compare ratios with your Free T3 value (FT3/RT3). Diabetes alone can be a factor with elevated RT3 ratios. Additionally, cortisol, iron, magnesium, and of course D3 needs to be factored with knowing that T3 is actually working at the cellular level. Again, additional labs are needed before doing much more. Thyroid pooling would not be a good thing ... Just my .02</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vettester Chris, post: 4912, member: 696"] Rob, IMO you need to get a PTH (Parathyroid) assay. Depending on the state of your glands, the magnitude of hyperparathyroidism could vary from minimal to extreme, as what we see with hyper or hypothyroidism, or even hypogonadism. Anyone of us, physician or not, can speculate on this, or the lab can be ordered just as easily and take the speculation out of the picture. On the comment about your doctor being on the fence for T3 therapy ... Your FT4 is at 40% of it's range value. 50% to 80% would be the goal (again IMO) to aim for both FT4 and FT3 when everything is optimal. So, going on this, your FT4 is a tad low. I'd like to compare that with the FT3, not the total T3 that you posted. Even if the FT3 were in the same range, or lower, I would highly encourage you to get the Reverse T3 checked and compare ratios with your Free T3 value (FT3/RT3). Diabetes alone can be a factor with elevated RT3 ratios. Additionally, cortisol, iron, magnesium, and of course D3 needs to be factored with knowing that T3 is actually working at the cellular level. Again, additional labs are needed before doing much more. Thyroid pooling would not be a good thing ... Just my .02 [/QUOTE]
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