CD3 Test Results - Thyroid

Maybe someone here can help me a bit. Dr. B just called and told me my results were all normal except my thyroid. My THS test came back at 5.5 and he said it should be 1-2.

So that means an underactive thyroid. Now from what I know off the top of my head that doesn't seem to fit me. And reading on about the symptoms, it seems I fit the overactive thyroid symptoms more than under, I am pretty thin and always have been.

He is going to call me in meds for tomorrow so hopefully my IUI next week will have a chance to get these meds to work, and then I am going to see a specialist for further information.

However I of course just googled it and found out that an x-ray can throw it off.

What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:

Having had a recent X-ray with iodine dye or test using radioactive materials.

Now I had an x-ray on Thursday! Then I did CD3 testing on Monday. What does this mean, can anyone shed some light???

Message edited 4/1/2011 12:43:14 AM.

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what kind of xray did you have?

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It was a regular x-ray of my neck, two shots, front and side.

I got it because I started going to a chiropracter because I had some neck pain from an injury years ago.

Before he manipulated me he wanted to see my spine.

I have the film slides with me, so I don't think it was a special type.

Should I email Dr. B? Does anyone have his address they can FM me with?

Message edited 3/31/2011 7:47:04 PM.

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i dont think reg xrays can do that. but def call dr b!!!!!!!!!

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So the way my doc explained it to me is that your level is prob considered normal by a general practioner, but for ttc they want it to be less than 2.5. He showed me the lab results and even the lab showed my level (3.2) as normal. I started taking .25 mg of synthroid in February and we got our bfp in march! The synthroid did help me lose a pound or two before our bfp and definitely gave me a bit more energy.

Good luck!! And baby dust always!

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ETA: march was our first iui and we did 100 mg clomid...so it wasn't just the synthroid, but I do believe the synthroid helped

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Posted by cowgirlkate

I started taking .25 mg of synthroid in February and we got our bfp in march! The synthroid did help me lose a pound or two before our bfp and definitely gave me a bit more energy.

Good luck!! And baby dust always!

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Sort of crashing...

I had been TTC for about 6 months when I was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid. I had ZERO symptoms other than irregular cycles which I thought was from running. It wasn't until I was on CD60 with nothing but negative tests that I got bloodwork done and found out.

My TSH was 10.75 which is quite high, so the doctors seemed surprised I had no idea. My whole life I have gotten cold easily, had dry skin and hair, been pale - no reason to think differently!

After 7 weeks of Synthroid though my TSH was down to 2.13. They keep asking if I am feeling better, but I didn't feel bad in the first place! My cycles have finally become regular again though.

Hopefully you will be very responsive to the Synthroid as well. Good luck!

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Message edited 4/4/2011 8:08:33 PM.

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hi....dr. b discovered that i have an underactive thyroid as well and i'm on synthroid. before starting the synthroid i went to see an endocrinologist......not his BIL for various reasons (one of which is that i don't live in LI). FM me if you want to talk more!

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I'm not sure if my level is at their "normal" as I haven't had any follow up blood work yet. I was told there shouldn't be side effects to the synthroid because it is a synthetic hormone that occurs naturally in our bodies. I too did not have the symptoms you are mentioning, but like I said they are using a much more stringent "normal" number because you are TTC. A regular doctor wouldn't think twice about your level most likely, which is why you have no symptoms. The doctor told me that the only thing I need to know is that later on it life I will prob need a bigger dose to keep me normal, so I assume this is something you have to do/could do forever.

Also, I had a physical at my general practioner about 6 months before we started TTC and something came back irregular with my thyroid so I had to re-test. After the second blood panel, they told me everything was fine. Now of course I wish I knew the number back then and did something about it...but hindsight is 20/20!!!

Good luck and hang in there! I think the synthroid will help!

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I didn't have signs either. But, I had just had a m/c and I was really tired from that. My numbers were at 4.7 when i first got tested and a week later they had come down on its own to 3.5. So, I think mine was messed up from getting pregnant. I'm on Synthroid too. I was never overweight (though obsessed for life that I need to loose 5lbs). Then from depression I guess I gained 14lbs during this TTC process. Then before my last cycle I went on WW and lost the 14lbs. And then guess what? My thyroid was out of wack again after 4 years of being steady. It might have been because i was eating a lot of soy products and i was reading that soy can mess with the thyroid. But, who knows. So they upped my dosage. And then my endocrinologist said (this after that recent failed cycle where I gained back 5lbs in 2 wks) if I loose more weight I'll have to reduce your meds....what? They don't know what they are talking about. Just make sure your level is around 2 on your next cycle and you'll be fine. But, you will need to monitor this for the rest of your life.