[adenure]

#1059217

Hi!

My endo. is really great at communicating and working with me. He is part of Kaiser Permanente (health insurance- in-house/ 1-stop shop type of thing). He’s ordered TSH, Free T4 & T3 for my labs in a few weeks (around 7 weeks post TT). I asked about free T3 testing, but Kaiser doesn’t offer it. Since they have their own lab, I can’t really go outside and get it done. I guess I could, but I’d have to pay for it. Not sure how that works; I guess you just go to a lab and pay? Anyway, my endo. said I shouldn’t worry about my free T3 as I don’t have any problems with my thyroid binding globulins (TBG). What does that mean? How is that tested? Thanks.

Alexis

[Kimberly]

#1173045

Hi Alexis – Sorry, I’m stumped! I’ve not heard of TBG being a substitute for T3 testing. Here’s some info from the NIH on the TBG test:

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003374.htm

There is some controversy over the reliability of Free T3 versus Total T3, but if this is important to you (and you are willing to get multiple draws done!) there are services like HealthCheckUSA where you can order and pay for labs online, then have them done at a local facility.

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