Posted by Maxime on April 12, 2005, at 11:31:27
In reply to Re: Okay got my thyroid numbers... Larry? Phillipa » Maxime, posted by Larry Hoover on April 12, 2005, at 6:22:15
Hi Larry. He has only seen me 3 times now. He has never done anything more than the TSH and the T4 even though I told him that years ago it showed that I had a lot of antibodies. His response was "everyone has antibodies".
Maxime
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> > My endo doesn't even bother to measure my T3. He says he doesn't need to. That he can tell that it's fine based on my Free T4. Is this true? I thought both had to be measured.
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> > Maxime the hypochodriac
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> It's usually true, but you might be that exception. Might be, because he didn't look.
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> TSH and Free T4 most likely define your thyroid status, but there are T4-T3 conversion disorders.
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> If he ruled those out, once upon a time, I suppose it doesn't matter, for routine work. But thyroid disorders are notorious for changing spots, and every 3 years he should do the whole panel again, IMHO.
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> Lar
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