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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
Blood Test Discussion
I think I have an Iron problem
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<blockquote data-quote="ratbag" data-source="post: 45087" data-attributes="member: 972"><p>I'm hypopituitary and take all hormones. Cortisol, Florinef, Synthroid, Cytomel, Testosterone, Metformin, HCG, Anastrozole, Progesterone, Baby Asprin, and LDN + the appropriate supplements. I've been on TRT for approx 6 years and I was feeling great up to 2 years ago when hypothyroid symptoms started to come back and it's slowly gotten worse. I suspected my Iron was not right but where I live in Canada the hospitals we go to for labs only do ferritin and only if ferritin is above range will they do the full Iron panel. My ferritin was always in range so therefore my MD said I was fine. However I've read in many places that ferritin alone doesn't give you the complete picture of your Iron.</p><p></p><p>So yesterday I was finally able to get a full Iron panel done at a private lab... unfortunately it's taken me 2 years to get here. So even though I'm on all these hormones I have these miserable symptoms. Now that I see the results of my Iron panel I believe I have too much Iron and likely have high iron symptoms mixing in with my hypothyroidism symptoms. I assume at this point I need a Therapeutic Phlebotomy but thought I'd post this and see if there are any comments. Thx</p><p></p><p>Iron serum 34 (5.83 - 34.5) umol/L</p><p>UIBC 39 (22.3 - 61.7) umol/L</p><p>TIBC 73 (33.3 - 89.7) umol/L</p><p>% Saturation 0.47 (0.16 - 0.56) F of T</p><p>Transferrin 3.21 (1.80 - 2.88) g/L HIGH</p><p>Ferritin 73 (25 - 336) ug/L</p><p>Hemolysis Index 15 (0 - 9) HIGH</p><p></p><p>My Hematocrit is slightly over range and so is my Hemaglobin (results not handy)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ratbag, post: 45087, member: 972"] I'm hypopituitary and take all hormones. Cortisol, Florinef, Synthroid, Cytomel, Testosterone, Metformin, HCG, Anastrozole, Progesterone, Baby Asprin, and LDN + the appropriate supplements. I've been on TRT for approx 6 years and I was feeling great up to 2 years ago when hypothyroid symptoms started to come back and it's slowly gotten worse. I suspected my Iron was not right but where I live in Canada the hospitals we go to for labs only do ferritin and only if ferritin is above range will they do the full Iron panel. My ferritin was always in range so therefore my MD said I was fine. However I've read in many places that ferritin alone doesn't give you the complete picture of your Iron. So yesterday I was finally able to get a full Iron panel done at a private lab... unfortunately it's taken me 2 years to get here. So even though I'm on all these hormones I have these miserable symptoms. Now that I see the results of my Iron panel I believe I have too much Iron and likely have high iron symptoms mixing in with my hypothyroidism symptoms. I assume at this point I need a Therapeutic Phlebotomy but thought I'd post this and see if there are any comments. Thx Iron serum 34 (5.83 - 34.5) umol/L UIBC 39 (22.3 - 61.7) umol/L TIBC 73 (33.3 - 89.7) umol/L % Saturation 0.47 (0.16 - 0.56) F of T Transferrin 3.21 (1.80 - 2.88) g/L HIGH Ferritin 73 (25 - 336) ug/L Hemolysis Index 15 (0 - 9) HIGH My Hematocrit is slightly over range and so is my Hemaglobin (results not handy) [/QUOTE]
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I think I have an Iron problem
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