cd - You are an Angel! I didn't know about the Resources section but I will check it out as soon as I can!

Meanwhile - I discovered that my chair at work was causing hip problems, so I switched it for another chair and got a cushion which forces me to sit up straighter. AND - am doing modified Pigeon Pose stretches in my seat.... Seems to help.

Thank you again & again!!!

One thing that I found put my doctor at ease re: bone density - is a regular bone density scan (every two years) that always turns out just fine - and the fact that I take calcium supplements. So, you might try that tact, either with this idiot doctor or the next.

Sorry I'm just now getting to "running your numbers" - I have the flu :( But, CD, per usual, already has you covered. Here's the numbers for your FYI:

Free T4
Range: 0.800 -1.760
Result: 1.080
Percent of Range: 29.17%
Target: 1.52-1.76

Free T3
Range: 2.300 -4.200
Result: 3.000
Percent of Range: 36.84%
Target Range: 3.73 -3.82

With those numbers, I literally wouldn't be able to get out of bed. I don't know how you're functioning. Most people feel "wellish" when their Free T4 is 75-100% of range and their Free T3 is 50/60-100% of range. Yours is waaaaay low: at Free T3 37% of range and Free T4 of 29% of range.

You seriously need an increase. If you doctor won't do it...find one who will. What. An. Idiot. I'm so sorry your doctor is stupid.

Keep us posted, K? And do NOT give up!

For whatever it's worth, I asked my mother's doctor to check her thyroid and was only able to convince him to check her FreeT4 level because her TSH was "normal" at 1.12. I just wanted to make sure all was well in this regard.

Mom's going to be 87 in March. Her FreeT4 level?

1.58 (.82-1.76)

Oh Butterfly! I am so sorry to hear the flu got you!!! Thanks for taking time to check in with me - you have made me feel so much better!!! So....... It is NOT "all in my head." It is in my NECK, DAMMIT!!!
Looking for another doctor using the resources that cd pointed me to on this site. Oddly enough, one of the recommended doctors in my area is a rheumatologist! He is in network!!!! Going to do some serious research & then change doctors.
Please feel better, Butterfly and take care of yourself!!!! xoxo

No...it's not all in your head, although I can't say much for your doctor's head! Keep us posted on how it goes with the Rheumy (ps I've heard of several people getting thyroid treatment from thyroid savvy Rheumys - why? Because Endos more often than not end up sending their under-treated/under-diagnosed patients to Rheumatologists - several Rheumy's reported patients "being carried in by family members" who had almost no Free T4 but a "normal" TSH...and they got better after getting thyroid hormones.

Madness...

Madness..... BWAH HA HA HA HA!!!! Cue Evil Laughter....

How are you feeling today MB????

xoxoxoxo

Fever FINALLY broke, but this kicked my keister. so, I'm recovering...but slooowly. Very slowly.

AND I had the freakin' flu shot! If that truly lessens the symptoms, I don't even want to contemplate just how bad this coulda been.

Well, I am in NYC. And in NYC we say, "OY VEY!" What a disappointing mess! You poor Dear!!!! :(