Beebop
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Hi,
I lost blood giving birth. In the hospital I had two blood transfusions (which I had no time to research), but refused the iron tablets. I ate liver, kidney and steak for days and carried on eating eggs, cheese, cream, meat, and other things.
Fast forward a couple of months, I'm feeling mostly ok, but my bloodwork is not great and also slightly confusing. Doctor wants to lower my thyroxine and give me iron tablets. I usually know how to interpret my results but I don't know enough about some of these ones. Can anyone give me a clue about what is going on and what I could do?
T4: 17.5
TSH: 0.01
I don't feel hyperthyroid, in fact I have dry skin - one of my first indicators of low thyroid, and when I take T3 I feel fine, so I'm sticking with my current dose, but that TSH is low!
Serum Ferritin: 1 (normal: 15 - 300)
Is this good from a Peat perspective?
These ones I don't know how to interpret (Normal ranges in brackets)
Haemoglobin estimation: 112 g/L (120 - 150) - low
Mean corpusc. Haemoglobin MCH: 22.6 (27 - 32) - low
Mean Corpusc Volume MCV: 68 (77 - 95) - low
Haematocrit: 0.34 (0.36 - 0.47) - low
Red blood cell count: 4.94 (4.5 - 6.5) - normal
Platelet count: 484 (150 - 400) - high
Red Blood cell distribution width - 16.6%
Folate: 9.4 (4.2 - 18.7)
B12: 302 (174 - 1132)
I guess what I've done so far with diet hasn't helped enough to restore my blood to normal, and I don't know if having Ferritin that low is actually a good thing from a Peat perspective or not. If anyone has any thoughts about these results I'd really appreciate them!
I lost blood giving birth. In the hospital I had two blood transfusions (which I had no time to research), but refused the iron tablets. I ate liver, kidney and steak for days and carried on eating eggs, cheese, cream, meat, and other things.
Fast forward a couple of months, I'm feeling mostly ok, but my bloodwork is not great and also slightly confusing. Doctor wants to lower my thyroxine and give me iron tablets. I usually know how to interpret my results but I don't know enough about some of these ones. Can anyone give me a clue about what is going on and what I could do?
T4: 17.5
TSH: 0.01
I don't feel hyperthyroid, in fact I have dry skin - one of my first indicators of low thyroid, and when I take T3 I feel fine, so I'm sticking with my current dose, but that TSH is low!
Serum Ferritin: 1 (normal: 15 - 300)
Is this good from a Peat perspective?
These ones I don't know how to interpret (Normal ranges in brackets)
Haemoglobin estimation: 112 g/L (120 - 150) - low
Mean corpusc. Haemoglobin MCH: 22.6 (27 - 32) - low
Mean Corpusc Volume MCV: 68 (77 - 95) - low
Haematocrit: 0.34 (0.36 - 0.47) - low
Red blood cell count: 4.94 (4.5 - 6.5) - normal
Platelet count: 484 (150 - 400) - high
Red Blood cell distribution width - 16.6%
Folate: 9.4 (4.2 - 18.7)
B12: 302 (174 - 1132)
I guess what I've done so far with diet hasn't helped enough to restore my blood to normal, and I don't know if having Ferritin that low is actually a good thing from a Peat perspective or not. If anyone has any thoughts about these results I'd really appreciate them!