Lin
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Hi Everyone! I have been lurking here for about two weeks. Where to start... I am 70 years old, female, 117 lbs. Have had hypo symptoms all my life, been told it was all in my head. tried every diet in the book: Zone, Paleo, ketogenic, you name it... Just trying to have normal energy and focus--tired of being cold all the time. Found the site two weeks ago and started eating as Peatlike as possible (yes, I even threw out the avocados). I was afraid all the dairy would cause sinus problems (it has in the past) but only a little, at first, so maybe it was what the dairy was combined with... Anyway, tolerating the dairy well. I am entering my food intake in Fitday online and surprised how much nutrition I get without supplements! I do take Mg at bedtime (chelated! yikes!)
Started a week ago supplementing: 1 aspirin/day and vit K, vit D. Also taking enough calcium to balance the phosphorus. Feeling a little better.
Then, a few days ago, started taking temp: First thing in the AM: 97.8 fine. Midmorning: too low for the thermometer to detect! (I was using a fever thermometer! The lowest it can detect is 96. Ha!) This was very exciting!!!! After a lifetime of having "normal" TSH's, and being told it was all in my head, this was the first objective indication that something might really be wrong!!!
That was it! I got a thyroid panel through WellnessFx on the internet. just got my results today, and I'm hoping you guys can help me make sense of them (this is a problem when you have brain fog!) (I did stop the aspirin the day before the blood draw--hope it didn't affect the results)
TSH: 2.34
total T3: 60 (low)
free T3: 2.4
T-uptake: 36 (borderline low)
total T4: 7
free T4: 1.3
free thyroxine index: 2.5
reverse T3: 19
Hope to participate more in the forum... Thanks for reading this.
Started a week ago supplementing: 1 aspirin/day and vit K, vit D. Also taking enough calcium to balance the phosphorus. Feeling a little better.
Then, a few days ago, started taking temp: First thing in the AM: 97.8 fine. Midmorning: too low for the thermometer to detect! (I was using a fever thermometer! The lowest it can detect is 96. Ha!) This was very exciting!!!! After a lifetime of having "normal" TSH's, and being told it was all in my head, this was the first objective indication that something might really be wrong!!!
That was it! I got a thyroid panel through WellnessFx on the internet. just got my results today, and I'm hoping you guys can help me make sense of them (this is a problem when you have brain fog!) (I did stop the aspirin the day before the blood draw--hope it didn't affect the results)
TSH: 2.34
total T3: 60 (low)
free T3: 2.4
T-uptake: 36 (borderline low)
total T4: 7
free T4: 1.3
free thyroxine index: 2.5
reverse T3: 19
Hope to participate more in the forum... Thanks for reading this.