2/15/09 - Thyroid Update

Thyroid Panel (by endocrinologist) 1/13/09
T3 Free: 901 (230 - 420) Hyper
T4 Free: 3.9 (0.8 - 1.8) Hyper
TSH: 0.01 (.4 - 4.5) Hyper
TSI: 99 (<125)
TPO: 51 (<35) Positive Hashimoto's Antibodies
Thryoglobulin ABS: <20 (<20)

I have two nodules - 1 at 5mm and 1 at 7mm. Left lobe slightly enlarged.

RAIU 1/29-30/09
6-hour scan: 1%
24-hour scan: 1.15%

DX: Thyroiditis

Thyroid Panel (by reproductive endocrinologist) 2/10/09
Reverse T3: 42 (11 - 32)
Free T4: 1.5 (0.8 - 1.8)
TSH: 0.01 (.4 - 4.5)

I talked to my RE yesterday. She felt that I was on my way to going hypothyroid and she's ready to stay on top of it to keep me from getting too far away from normal. When my T4 starts to get low, she'll put me on thyroid hormone replacement. She said my T3 and T4 are doing exactly what she expected them to do - she believes this is post partum thyroiditis and nothing else. She was happy that my T4 was back in the normal range.

I'm doing thyroid testing again in two more weeks, and doing FSH, prolactin, E2, etc. (fertility hormones) on my next CD3. We're going to wait one more cycle before we get back to business, but she said definitely try on our own - ha! ha! like THAT would happen. So by late March I should be doing injects and IUI #5.