Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Blood Test Results - 4/12/2010
I spoke with Dr. Fenichel regarding my blood test results after seeing her last week.
She said that the Tg antibodies are still present. There is nothing to do right now. We will check them again in October when I have my ultrasound and blood tests.
She also said that my Thyroid levels were normal, which is good for most people but I need to be slightly hyperthyroid. Therefore, she is changing my Synthroid level from 125 to 137.
According to her scale, my weight has increased in the last year. Could be muscle, could be to the lowered Synthroid dose. My lowest weight in her office was 142, and it was up to 150 when I saw her on Thursday. To me, the weight of 150 is normal and the 142 was quite low for me and I noticed that I looked pretty skinny. The 142 weight was probably after the low iodine diet in which I usually lose 5-7 pounds. I have been training for a marathon for the past 4 months - although I tend to eat more during training, it would not make sense to me that I gained weight overall during my training cycle. I usually lose weight. I have been feeling fine while on the Synthroid 125 level and my running has being doing great as well.
She said that the Tg antibodies are still present. There is nothing to do right now. We will check them again in October when I have my ultrasound and blood tests.
She also said that my Thyroid levels were normal, which is good for most people but I need to be slightly hyperthyroid. Therefore, she is changing my Synthroid level from 125 to 137.
According to her scale, my weight has increased in the last year. Could be muscle, could be to the lowered Synthroid dose. My lowest weight in her office was 142, and it was up to 150 when I saw her on Thursday. To me, the weight of 150 is normal and the 142 was quite low for me and I noticed that I looked pretty skinny. The 142 weight was probably after the low iodine diet in which I usually lose 5-7 pounds. I have been training for a marathon for the past 4 months - although I tend to eat more during training, it would not make sense to me that I gained weight overall during my training cycle. I usually lose weight. I have been feeling fine while on the Synthroid 125 level and my running has being doing great as well.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Doctor Visits - 4/8/10
I went for my six month checkups with both Dr H and Dr F.
Dr. H - He felt my neck and lymph nodes, really digging around, and said that everything felt great and to come back into the office in another six months. When I asked about whether or not I needed to get a total body scan this year, he said that he didn't think I needed one but he would check with Dr. F. He said that I would still need an ultrasound. He didn't have me get a blood test since I was going to get one for Dr F anyway. The main thing that we need to do is track my Tg antibody levels, which still exist.
Dr F - First, she felt my neck as well and said that everything was normal. Then we discussed what needed to be done for me for the rest of the year. When I asked her about the need for a scan this year (which was done in June the past 2 years), she said that I did not need one right now. Although my Tg antibodies were still present last year, she said that she will track my blood results when I get a test in April 2010 and October 2010, and that there is no need for a scan just yet. She wants to track my blood progress over the next 6 months and decide in October if there is a need for a scan. If the antibodies are still present in October, then I may need a scan in the future. She will discuss this with Dr. H.
Therefore, the plan is to get a blood test tomorrow, and then get a blood test and neck ultrasound in October 2010 and see where we stand then. Dr F said that the ultrasound is more sensitive than the scan and will be able to tell us what we need to know and would pick up activity before the scan would.
Schedule:
April 2010 - Blood Test
October 2010 - Blood Test (Dr F gave me the prescription)
October 2010 - Neck Ultrasound (call NYU Radiology - Dr F already gave me the prescription)
Dr. H - He felt my neck and lymph nodes, really digging around, and said that everything felt great and to come back into the office in another six months. When I asked about whether or not I needed to get a total body scan this year, he said that he didn't think I needed one but he would check with Dr. F. He said that I would still need an ultrasound. He didn't have me get a blood test since I was going to get one for Dr F anyway. The main thing that we need to do is track my Tg antibody levels, which still exist.
Dr F - First, she felt my neck as well and said that everything was normal. Then we discussed what needed to be done for me for the rest of the year. When I asked her about the need for a scan this year (which was done in June the past 2 years), she said that I did not need one right now. Although my Tg antibodies were still present last year, she said that she will track my blood results when I get a test in April 2010 and October 2010, and that there is no need for a scan just yet. She wants to track my blood progress over the next 6 months and decide in October if there is a need for a scan. If the antibodies are still present in October, then I may need a scan in the future. She will discuss this with Dr. H.
Therefore, the plan is to get a blood test tomorrow, and then get a blood test and neck ultrasound in October 2010 and see where we stand then. Dr F said that the ultrasound is more sensitive than the scan and will be able to tell us what we need to know and would pick up activity before the scan would.
Schedule:
April 2010 - Blood Test
October 2010 - Blood Test (Dr F gave me the prescription)
October 2010 - Neck Ultrasound (call NYU Radiology - Dr F already gave me the prescription)
Sunday, April 4, 2010
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