"I never eat any kind of sea food, or purposely use salt on my food. "
Things can be complicated and in many cases, things can be perplexing and contradictory. This is where something low tech can help on make sense of lab work results. If waking body temps are low, there is a functional T3 deficiency and one looks deeper.
Your body may have been reasonably coping with low iodine. But if there is a deficiency, that should be addressed then you can take that issue off of the table. If added iodine resolves some issues, that is better than taking drugs and been slave to drugs.
If rT3 is elevated, then that directs one to known causes of that.
I looked through some old blood work papers, and found a test for ferritin.
The results are within range (93 mcg/L 30 - 400), but still a bit on the low side.
At this point, I really hope for elevated rT3, It would explain a lot.
I will get a new test for ferritin as well.
Btw, when doing blood work for rT3, t-antibodies, t-peroxidase and ferritin, does the blood have to be drawn in a specific time of the day?
not really, but 8am blood draws are best for cortisol and hormone readings, so it is usually recommended to get them all done first thing am (I believe).
When on effective TRT, one’s HPTA is shutdown and time of day is not an issue for sex hormones. If one was doing a single cortisol test, the result will apply to that time of day. If one has lots of energy in the morning and crashes in the afternoons, testing cortisol in the afternoon would provide more insight than a test in the morning.
When not on TRT, testing T levels in the early morning should catch one’s peak levels.
Do you wear tight clothes? I bet you do. Your balls need some air. Get some loose shorts and your t-levels will rise, since based on your bloodwork your balls are likely the problem.
[quote]SamPet wrote:
No, I wear normal jeans and shorts. Always. Kramer gave me a heads up.
Why do you think it is a testicular problem?[/quote]
I’m just spit-balling here, but I’d trust KSman and Hardasnails over MassiveGuns any day of the week. Anyone that quick to jump to conclusions isn’t doing you any favors. KSman is always thorough in his analysis, and has a significantly deep understanding of the biochemistry involved due to academic background. KSman is one of the sharpest guys around, and he’s given me extremely useful information many times.
normal range does NOT equal ideal range.
normal range does NOT equal ideal range.
normal range does NOT equal ideal range.
normal range include 95% of the “supposedly healthy” population but how do they define healthy? how do they know that those “healthy” people don’t have one or more underlying health conditions? Its a crap shoot really.
Just because you are within the “normal” human range does not mean that you are in ideal health. Heck before 2002 the “normal range” for TSH was .5 to 5.0 then they dropped it to 0.5 to 2.5, so in 2002 your reading of 4 meant you were “normal and healthy” and then a few months later now you are unhealthy - and really good doctors treat on TSH > 1.5. plus I still get lab results that show the old .5 to 5.0 range, and most doctors still blindly follow the range provided by the stupid lab.
I hear you, but I am not sure what to do from this point on. I wont get any treatment because all levels are in-range. Do you think lowering my rt3 would help? I have tried supplementing with iodine and iron, I did not feel any different.