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I'm not sure how soon after your surgery you should test your levels but if you're not making enough T4, and hence T3 you should show a decrease in these levels within a few weeks. T3 tends to drop off first so make sure you test free T3 and free T4 levels. Are there any practitioners in your area who prescribe natural thyroid hormones? They will be the most open to using T3, either with desiccated thyroid or adding Cytomel to T4. If...

It's possible that your body wouldn't know the difference between generic and the genuine brand. While generic hormones frequently do cause trouble, they don't in every case. If price is a major concern, it wouldn't hurt to give the generic a try for a month and see where you are at the end of the trial.

Quote: Originally Posted by bittygirl Yes. I found a compounding pharmacy in Davis, CA. After my armour ran out about 3 months ago, I the thyroid (USPS) filled at the compounding pharmacy and within one week I was feeling soooo good. Back to my original self before I had hashimots/hypothyroid. Im soooooooooooo happy with this and I will never go back if I can help it. Wow! I ended up having hypo symptoms and pooped out by 8 pm. Do you take it...

That's interesting, does the endo think the hyperactivity increases the likelihood of cancer? I was not hyper, but when I had scans prior to my nodule removal for cancer, I had a super high uptake, so I'm curious what your doctor meant. In terms of the follicular cells, my mother in law had hashis all her life and had inconclusive/follicular cells in her fna, I don't think her nodule size was as large, but hers turned out to be...

I've been reading posts that users have been sending me saying that low T4 does not cause any symptoms. Why is it necessary to have free T4 in the upper part of the normal range? Can we just treat with T3 only? Thanks. David

Quote: Originally Posted by vintageviolets Confusa, just saw your post of september, you have some great suggestions... since I wrote that, ongoing issues with my heart rate, so on Nov. 30 I go to an electrophysiologist (cardio specialty who deals with patterns, etc., of the heart). I skipped one armour dose last week and it did settle things down, but I am not hyperT and still have tsh too high in the AM. ! So it is a mystery. I do think my...

It probably means you're a bit on the hypothyroid side. If you have symptoms you need further testing - FT4 plus TPO and Tg antibodies at least

What size was your nodule when you decided to remove it. and what kind of nodule was it. Anybody have a hurthle cell nodule. Were you ever in a situation where the fnb could give you a definite benign or cancer diagnosis and surgery was only way to tell

Yes, I like my ND quite a lot. She was pretty fuzzy on the relationship between ferritin and thyroid, so this has been the one issue about which I have been looking for some outside information. Thanks for the tip on the magnesium. I have some in my cabinet that I've been neglecting; I'll dig it out. Unfortunately, my new thyroid meds are in caplet form, so I can't take them sublingually. But, I take my thyroid first thing in...

I've had that feeling of passing out too. Thanks for the tip about properly chewing one's food, and eating healthy!