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  Close to losing my job

  Posted by: ralpert

  Last Reply: energylost 08/24/2017

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  I was put on T4 about 4 yrs ago and added T3 about 1 yr ago. T4 did very little to alleviate many symptoms, but T3 has improved my quality of life by 1000%. The problem is, I continue to have memory problems and am having a lot of trouble at work with errors which cost my company money.One bit of information I've gleaned through my self-education is that T3 carries oxygen from the blood stream into the cells of the body where metabolism happens. If this is true, then hypothyroidism is basically...

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  Posted: 11/20/2016

  ralpert commented on the discussion disability and hypothyroid.

• Hypothyroidism
  

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  Posted: 11/04/2016

  ralpert commented on the discussion Feeling better on T3 may only be temporary?.

• Hypothyroidism
  

  Hypothyroidism and Medicare

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  Last Reply: MButterfly 10/18/2016

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  Can anyone advise me on Medicare coverage of thyroid blood tests? I have an aunt who was diagnosed about 8 mths ago and she hasn't had any further blood tests. She is convinced Medicare will only cover one test per year. I've been trying to find online information but am just finding generic maintenance testing info.Would she be able to do more frequent testing in order to optimize and be assured Medicare would cover the tests? Thanks!

• Hypothyroidism
  

  Discussion Comment

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  Posted: 10/17/2016

  ralpert commented on the discussion Feeling better on T3 may only be temporary?.

• Hypothyroidism
  

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  Posted: 10/17/2016

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• Hypothyroidism
  

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  Posted: 09/24/2016

  ralpert commented on the discussion Feeling better on T3 may only be temporary?.

• Hypothyroidism
  

  Feeling better on T3 may only be temporary?

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  Last Reply: ralpert 11/04/2016

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  I've been reading the Recovering with T3 blog. The below link leads to a post which states that the benefits of T3 may only be temporary for some people. Adding the T3 may cause a decrease in T4-T3 conversion in their body. After a few weeks they will find they begin start feeling bad again. They increase the T3 dose, feel better for a short time, and then degrade again.Has anybody here experienced this after adding Cytomel to their...

• Hypothyroidism
  

  Nearly 3 wks on Cytomel...

  Posted by: ralpert

  Last Reply: MButterfly 09/19/2016

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  The transformation is amazing. I feel better and better every day. I didn't realize how much of my flexibility and balance I had lost. I'm getting it all back along with my strength and stamina. Even my eyesight is sharper. This morning I felt so good that I went for a walk through my neighborhood. There is a 1 mile loop that I haven't been able to do for years. Today I went around twice. I feel like I have my life back again. Thank God!

• Hypothyroidism
  

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  Posted: 09/18/2016

  ralpert commented on the discussion Doctor said.

• Hypothyroidism
  

  Synthroid and Cytomel at the same time?

  Posted by: ralpert

  Last Reply: MButterfly 09/04/2016

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  I've been on Synthroid for a couple years and have slowly increased to 75 mcg. My TSH has been low and my T4 has been high, but I still feel horrible. My last labs for T3 showed me at 2.5 (range 2.3-4.2) so I think this is too low for me.Today I saw my nurse practitioner to see if I could add Cytomel. Sadly, she didn't even know that replacement T3 exists but thankfully she was happy to start me on 5 mcg of Cytomel to see what happens.The information from the pharmacists for the Cytomel merely...

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  Joined New Group

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  Posted: 08/31/2016

  ralpert joined the group Hypothyroidism.