I know the feeling I was just googling for TSH problems after thyroid surgery, I had to have my thyroid removed back in 2005 due to a cancerous nodule, it took a year to get my blood levels decent or more stable which include (TSH, T3, and T4). I am currently between 200-225mcg Synthroid and 5mcg Cytomel and my TSH is always off.
Now I am a thyroid cancer survivor, I have read and heard from a doctor who looked at my blood work and said that an ideal TSH for most people is 1-2 but for people who have had cancer before it can be or should be just at 1 or slightly below right before you would be considered hyperthyroid. I have had my primary doctor monitoring my bloodwork since 2006 and since my TSH has been yo-yo lately she wants me to follow up with an endo doctor.
Despite this I have periods of energy but they are always short-lived there are days where I am so exhausted I can't stand it. I want this endo to look at other things besides the standard thyroid blood levels. I wonder if there is a problem with ACTH I watched a program on discovery health about a lady with a hypopitutary and she takes one med for thyroid and one for adrenal and shes fine. This was found when her ACTH levels were checked which look at the adrenals too, I only will know if I ask the endo to look at other things that may be causing this and if there is any med that can help my thyroid meds work better or maybe I need armour thyroid like some people, I just don't know.
Now I thank God that my other values (T3 and T4) are always in range.
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I know the feeling I was just googling for TSH problems after thyroid surgery, I had to have my thyroid removed back in 2005 due to a cancerous nodule, it took a year to get my blood levels decent or more stable which include (TSH, T3, and T4). I am currently between 200-225mcg Synthroid and 5mcg Cytomel and my TSH is always off.
July 13, 2010 - 12:35pmNow I am a thyroid cancer survivor, I have read and heard from a doctor who looked at my blood work and said that an ideal TSH for most people is 1-2 but for people who have had cancer before it can be or should be just at 1 or slightly below right before you would be considered hyperthyroid. I have had my primary doctor monitoring my bloodwork since 2006 and since my TSH has been yo-yo lately she wants me to follow up with an endo doctor.
Despite this I have periods of energy but they are always short-lived there are days where I am so exhausted I can't stand it. I want this endo to look at other things besides the standard thyroid blood levels. I wonder if there is a problem with ACTH I watched a program on discovery health about a lady with a hypopitutary and she takes one med for thyroid and one for adrenal and shes fine. This was found when her ACTH levels were checked which look at the adrenals too, I only will know if I ask the endo to look at other things that may be causing this and if there is any med that can help my thyroid meds work better or maybe I need armour thyroid like some people, I just don't know.
Now I thank God that my other values (T3 and T4) are always in range.
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