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New Member is Canada w/ pre-TRT bloodwork
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<blockquote data-quote="Canada878" data-source="post: 117108" data-attributes="member: 18912"><p>Update w/ some new bloodwork</p><p></p><p>Iron = 15umol/L (range: 13-33) low normal</p><p>TIBC = 58umol/L (range: 45-72)</p><p>Iron Saturation = 26% (range: 25-56)</p><p>Ferritin = 70ug/L</p><p></p><p>TSH = 1.67 (range: 0.27-4.2)</p><p>Free T3 = 5.11pmol/L (range: 3.9-6.7)</p><p>Free T4 = 22.6 pm/L (range: 12-22) HIGH</p><p></p><p>Vit D total 25-OH = 85.83 nmol/L (“ideal”: 70-250)</p><p>Hemoglobin A1C = 5.3% (range: 4.5-6.5)</p><p></p><p>Personal body temp data</p><p>Average from last 4 days</p><p>Morn: 96.4</p><p>Aft: 97.6</p><p></p><p>Discussion:</p><p>Iron</p><p>- currently trying to learn more about interpreting iron labs. What I do know is since the lab draw I have started taking an iron supplement 28mg/day along w/ 200mcg selenium and 1000mg vit C and my resting heart rate has increased from 45bpm to 52bpm.</p><p>- i assume that to a certain extent low iron has contributed to T3 not getting into cells. Initial iron supplementation i believe has helped bc of improvement in resting HR and a more alert feeling throughout the day.</p><p>- should i alter my iron supplementation at all? How long till i should get labs again? Any recommendations?</p><p></p><p>Thyroid</p><p>- 100mcg of synthroid per day is putting my T4 high enough for sure. Appears to be converting to T3 at an okay rate? My symptoms tho (including body temps) show that i’m still hypo. Leads me to believe that my rt3 is indeed high (although the docs here refuse to test for it) and that is likely contributing to T3 not getting into cells and hypo symptoms.</p><p></p><p>Vit d</p><p>- low? Should i supplement?</p><p></p><p>Doc visit:</p><p>- doc said “bloodwork looks good. T4 is high and T3 is good. But you score high on the depression scale so lets try some anti depressants.”</p><p>- i essentially say I respect his opinion but what if my reverse T3 is high and therefore blah blah blah.</p><p>- he basically responds that the thyroid is good and try some antidepressants for a month and see how you do. Says he never prescribes T3 and only specialists do that rarely.</p><p>- so i walked tf outta there thinking to myself “what the **** am I gunna do now?”</p><p></p><p>Plan:</p><p>- take a flight to america next week and pay cash to have blood tests done (yay)</p><p>- plan to test rt3 and antibodies and i will order a 24 hour cortisol</p><p>- have consult w/ defy the week after and talk to them about fixing the thyroid first before looking at TRT. If rt3 is high maybe try to reduce the t4 dose and add some t3. See if we can get rt3 to drop and hypo symptoms to improve.</p><p>- continue w/ iron and selenium supplementation and track body temps and resting heart rate throughout.</p><p></p><p>Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks guys!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: gunna add some iodine to make sure that a deficiency in that is not an issue</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canada878, post: 117108, member: 18912"] Update w/ some new bloodwork Iron = 15umol/L (range: 13-33) low normal TIBC = 58umol/L (range: 45-72) Iron Saturation = 26% (range: 25-56) Ferritin = 70ug/L TSH = 1.67 (range: 0.27-4.2) Free T3 = 5.11pmol/L (range: 3.9-6.7) Free T4 = 22.6 pm/L (range: 12-22) HIGH Vit D total 25-OH = 85.83 nmol/L (“ideal”: 70-250) Hemoglobin A1C = 5.3% (range: 4.5-6.5) Personal body temp data Average from last 4 days Morn: 96.4 Aft: 97.6 Discussion: Iron - currently trying to learn more about interpreting iron labs. What I do know is since the lab draw I have started taking an iron supplement 28mg/day along w/ 200mcg selenium and 1000mg vit C and my resting heart rate has increased from 45bpm to 52bpm. - i assume that to a certain extent low iron has contributed to T3 not getting into cells. Initial iron supplementation i believe has helped bc of improvement in resting HR and a more alert feeling throughout the day. - should i alter my iron supplementation at all? How long till i should get labs again? Any recommendations? Thyroid - 100mcg of synthroid per day is putting my T4 high enough for sure. Appears to be converting to T3 at an okay rate? My symptoms tho (including body temps) show that i’m still hypo. Leads me to believe that my rt3 is indeed high (although the docs here refuse to test for it) and that is likely contributing to T3 not getting into cells and hypo symptoms. Vit d - low? Should i supplement? Doc visit: - doc said “bloodwork looks good. T4 is high and T3 is good. But you score high on the depression scale so lets try some anti depressants.” - i essentially say I respect his opinion but what if my reverse T3 is high and therefore blah blah blah. - he basically responds that the thyroid is good and try some antidepressants for a month and see how you do. Says he never prescribes T3 and only specialists do that rarely. - so i walked tf outta there thinking to myself “what the **** am I gunna do now?” Plan: - take a flight to america next week and pay cash to have blood tests done (yay) - plan to test rt3 and antibodies and i will order a 24 hour cortisol - have consult w/ defy the week after and talk to them about fixing the thyroid first before looking at TRT. If rt3 is high maybe try to reduce the t4 dose and add some t3. See if we can get rt3 to drop and hypo symptoms to improve. - continue w/ iron and selenium supplementation and track body temps and resting heart rate throughout. Any recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks guys! EDIT: gunna add some iodine to make sure that a deficiency in that is not an issue [/QUOTE]
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