I just got the rT3 numbers -- rT3 is 217 pg/mL, T3 was 2.4 pg/mL. That gives T3/rT3 of 0.011. Um, yep. I would say .01 is less than .2. :-)

The T3 & rT3 were measured about 3 weeks apart. I had added more carbs to my diet in the meantime & my cholesterol had dropped from 460 to 407.

That looks like it. Whew!

In the meantime, I had *totally* freaked out. I was very sick some years ago & I think it has made me very jumpy. I was pregnant & had both very serious pre-enclampsia & placenta previa. It would have ended with me bleeding to death, except that I was in the hospital with a nurse standing next to me when it all went south (and baby did die). My head knows that cholesterol isn't that big a deal, but my emotions seem to still have some residual stuff hanging about.

In the meantime, I did have a heart scan, which came back with a score of 0. That is a big relief. I'm also now sensitized to heart disease, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's on my radar to figure out how to keep my risk low, which is way easier than fixing problems.

Thanks much for your help, Lisa & everyone ...

Beth