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Testosterone Replacement, Low T, HCG, & Beyond
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New Member is Canada w/ pre-TRT bloodwork
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<blockquote data-quote="Canada878" data-source="post: 116163" data-attributes="member: 18912"><p>Had a meeting w/ a doc today (never seen him before). After describing my situation he ordered some lab tests and told me to rebook for a week or two from now to review + full physical. Of the lab tests he ordered, included is TSH, FT4 and FT3. </p><p></p><p>This will be good so I can see my FT3 number and hopefully have some measure of whether i am converting enough of the synthroid to T3 (and thus whether my symptoms are at all related to thyroid or not). My question to you more experienced guys is, what is the point of testing RT3? I mean if someone is taking enough synthroid to make their TSH < 1 but they still have low thyroid symptoms coupled w/ a low FT3 reading (and an adequate FT4) then what difference does high RT3 make compared to normal RT3? Wouldn’t the treatment include some kind of T3 prescription either way? Just trying to learn the reasons why so I can better understand what my own blood test results mean.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all the help so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canada878, post: 116163, member: 18912"] Had a meeting w/ a doc today (never seen him before). After describing my situation he ordered some lab tests and told me to rebook for a week or two from now to review + full physical. Of the lab tests he ordered, included is TSH, FT4 and FT3. This will be good so I can see my FT3 number and hopefully have some measure of whether i am converting enough of the synthroid to T3 (and thus whether my symptoms are at all related to thyroid or not). My question to you more experienced guys is, what is the point of testing RT3? I mean if someone is taking enough synthroid to make their TSH < 1 but they still have low thyroid symptoms coupled w/ a low FT3 reading (and an adequate FT4) then what difference does high RT3 make compared to normal RT3? Wouldn’t the treatment include some kind of T3 prescription either way? Just trying to learn the reasons why so I can better understand what my own blood test results mean. Thanks for all the help so far. [/QUOTE]
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