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Old Thu, Nov-17-05, 08:02
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Plan: Carnivore
Stats: 319/195/175 Female 177
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Progress: 86%
Location: GOC, Australia
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ok, well the 'lab range' is the bit that they decide is where 'normal' people are... so as long as your lab range is in between those two numbers, then you're deemed to be 'normal'.
Your TSH is Thyroid Stimulating Hormone and your level is not so bad, but I'd like to see the other test results you've had for thyroid so I could see over time.
Yours isn't high, but I would say it's slightly raised above what the general population is meant to be...but that could be normal for you... who knows!
Also, your TSH level will show as low if you have a swollen thyroid or perhaps nodules on your thyroid... TSH level tests are merely an indicator of what's happening but they are notoriously unreliable. You would need your free T3 and T4 testing by your endo to have any accurate picture of what is happening with you.
This is why your doctor doesn't think you're hypo. Low TSH would rule that out *for her* (as she's not a specialist) so this is prob why she's so darned impatient with you.

Have you started on a gluten free diet, Becs? If you have gluten or wheat allergies, it can mimic thyroid symptoms so you need to rule that out completely.

The only way you're going to get to the bottom of this is with an endo, so I would hang in there to see him, or her.
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