[jaqeinquotation]

#1059703

Hey everyone,

I had a TT about month ago and it was time to see my Endo and check my levels to see if the Levothyroxin mcg’s were working and whether or not it needed to be tweaked.

First of all let me say that my Endo didn’t even know I had surgery until I had the hospital fax him the info re: surgery and blood work. How so? Well…he introduced the idea and referred me to an ENT but that’s not the ENT that performed the surgery. That ENT was good however he asked if I wanted a second opinion and I said yes. I’m glad I did because the surgeon and his team were amazing right down to the nurses who tended to me during my stay in the hospital.

So I told the Endo that I still had anxiety just not as bad. He prescribed a small dose of Atenolol and gave me a requisition for the blood work then told me to come back and see him in a couple weeks. I didn’t look at the requisition until Monday when I noticed that he only checked off the boxes for TSH, Free T3 and/or 4 and Calcium. This inquiring mind needed to know more and I decided that I wanted to have my Vitamin D levels checked also. So got the same colour pen and checked the box beside Vitamin D. I remember the nurse asking me, “Why are they checking your Vitamin D levels this time?” i just said that they are being thorough. No way I was gonna tell her I checked it off myself.

Today on my way home from work I decided to refill my Levothyroxin since i had taken my last pill this morning. Right before I walked into the pharmacy, my phone rings; its the Endo’s secretary (they usually call to confirm my upcoming appt) so before she could say anything I answer saying, “yes I know next Tues. @ 3:20pm.” She says, “Yes and your lab results came back; your Vitamin D levels are low and he’s written you a prescription. Can you pick it up? I said, “Good timing, I’m at the pharmacist now so why don’t you just fax it over.”
50,000 units….1 every other week.

Now suppose I never checked that box??? Sneaky but it worked!

[gatorgirly]

#1176912

Good for you. I check the T3 box every time my endocrinologist sends me a lab order because he normally only wants to check my TSH and T4.

[jaqeinquotation]

#1176913

True, I’m going to start paying more attention to the requisitions from now on.

[adenure]

#1176914

Whatever works, right? Glad you were able to find out what you needed. Sometimes stuff like that happens for a reason!

[Harpy]

#1176915

Good on you for that sneaky move,

Low Vitamin D levels seem to be very common with all manner of autoimmune diseases, no one really knows if this is a cause or effect situation, but there is a very high corrolation rate.
The other thing that may be worth checking is glucose tolerance/insulin resistance that also has significant corrolation to a variety of diseases even before it becomes a full blown diabetic condition.

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