6/2/09: 1.36
9/15/09:4.55
10/27/09:3.07
12/15/09:2.7
2/9/10:4.93
These are the results of my TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) for the past 8 months. We want me to be around 2.0. When I was at the 1.36, I was awake 3 out of 7 nights until 3:30am. Now I am way the hell too high. My weight is up, I see muscle mass from my exercise, but when I had my trainer measure body fat and weight on Monday, both were up. This is so frustrating. I want to scream and throw things, but I know better than that.
I emailed my doctor (gotta love it when your 60+ doctor moves to the electronic age) and we are going to change my medications around again. I worry what this is doing to my long term health. I wonder what other hormones are off.
Sigh… This is truly a study in patience.
medical crap sucks. its the same with my everything except thyroid. hopefully you can figure out a right dose soon and it sticks for a while. the weight thing just blows as well, I have been there and it just BLOWS.
I was prompted to look more closely at my TSH levels as a result of reading yours. 2 years ago I was 1.97, my recent tests showed I was 3.87. I can feel my thyroid gland is swollen. It’s barely perceptible to most others, but I notice it, and so did my doctor. I’m going for a thyroid ultrasound in a few weeks and get further bloodwork done, I think I have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. My younger sister already has it, and she’s 12 years younger than me.
At any rate, because your dr wants you to be around 2, I had decided to look more into things. I found info to take to my doctor because my clinic still thinks 5.0 is the upper limit on the reference range, when in fact there had been a later recommendation that the upper limit be reduced to 3.0.
In my searching, I found this book, Living Well with Hypothyroidism (that’s what you have, right???). You may already know about it, but in case not, you can preview it on google books
http://books.google.com/books?id=AV_7ltX0WEAC&dq=Living+Well+with+Hypothyroidism&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=RkWFS4SJKoaANsj5xDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Take care