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6 March 2017

Where has the time gone? Long story short, making progress with 2 of 3 measures now testing within the normal range:

• T3 is at 139.1 ng/dL (range is 80-204)
• Free T4 is at 1.34 ng/dL(range is 0.8 – 1.8)

I’m still showing that I’m considerably hyperthyroidic from a numbers perspective with a TSH still measuring a very low 0.016 ulU/mL (range is 0.35 – 4.5). The big issue with this number is that we have no way of knowing what my reading was prior to being diagnosed as having Graves’ so all we are doing is managing around a low number in trying to get me to be in range without really knowing if my ‘normal’ range could already be a low number.

Overall, still doing well and we’ll see if numbers will further improve at my next check up in April.

08 October 2016

So I had another follow-up visit with my endocrinologist last month and things look to be settling down a bit on the reduced dose of methimazole (5 mg daily). Free T4 measured at the upper bound of ‘normal’ at 1.8 ng/dL, however, TSH is still way below at 0.01 mlU/L. That compares to 3.9 and 0.02, respectively, back in July.

Not sure how much these numbers truly mean to me as I’m feeling pretty normal despite all these swings. Metabolically, I can feel the effects of the methimazole as it was causing me to put on extra weight when I was at 10 mg a day. At the lower dose, I’ve been holding steady at my pre-Grave’s weight, although it would have been great if I could have kept half my losses at the peak of my episode. All in all, I suppose my body knows what my norm is and I’m fine with that.

Next appointment is at the beginning of the new year.

Ciao for now!