Hi,
My 21-year old daughter, who has ME/CFS, FM, IBS, adrenal dysfunction and POTS, among other issues, is going to get some thyroid blood work done, just so her doctor can continue to rule out any thyroid issues. Giving a lot of blood at one time tends to wipe my daughter out, so she would like to get the most relevant testing done first.
I asked for a prioritization of the list below from her doctor, but her doc just said to "get as many as you can done". I was hoping for something more prescriptive than that. Here's what she's had so far and general results.
Test Date Result _____________
Free T4 2012 Within reference range
Total T4 2012 Toward High End of Ref Range
Free T3 Never Had
Total T3 2012 Within Ref Range
Reverse T3 Never Had
T3 Uptake 2012 Within Ref Range
TSH 2004 Below during initial, mono-like illness
2012 Within Ref Range
PTH 2012 Toward Low End of Ref Range
Anti-TPO Antibodies Never Had
Anti-TG Antibodies Never Had
Given the above general results, can someone prioritize what might be most important? I realize that my daughter has never had some of the tests, such as the Antibodies tests. But, I've also read that it only makes sense to get those tests done when other thyroid test results come back abnormal.
Can anyone provide some general guidance on the order of such tests? If certain tests won't be required (unless some baseline testing comes back abnormal), then it would be good to know that too!
I realize that there may be different opinions on this, but I'd appreciate what this forum might have to say.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Scotty81
My 21-year old daughter, who has ME/CFS, FM, IBS, adrenal dysfunction and POTS, among other issues, is going to get some thyroid blood work done, just so her doctor can continue to rule out any thyroid issues. Giving a lot of blood at one time tends to wipe my daughter out, so she would like to get the most relevant testing done first.
I asked for a prioritization of the list below from her doctor, but her doc just said to "get as many as you can done". I was hoping for something more prescriptive than that. Here's what she's had so far and general results.
Test Date Result _____________
Free T4 2012 Within reference range
Total T4 2012 Toward High End of Ref Range
Free T3 Never Had
Total T3 2012 Within Ref Range
Reverse T3 Never Had
T3 Uptake 2012 Within Ref Range
TSH 2004 Below during initial, mono-like illness
2012 Within Ref Range
PTH 2012 Toward Low End of Ref Range
Anti-TPO Antibodies Never Had
Anti-TG Antibodies Never Had
Given the above general results, can someone prioritize what might be most important? I realize that my daughter has never had some of the tests, such as the Antibodies tests. But, I've also read that it only makes sense to get those tests done when other thyroid test results come back abnormal.
Can anyone provide some general guidance on the order of such tests? If certain tests won't be required (unless some baseline testing comes back abnormal), then it would be good to know that too!
I realize that there may be different opinions on this, but I'd appreciate what this forum might have to say.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Scotty81