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Andrea Barnett Budin · 11-07-2013, 06:15 PM

FOUND!

from Nov 2012
TSH .80 (range .40-4.oo)
FREE T4 1.07 (range .89-1.76)
FREE T3 2.54 (range 1.80-4.20)
Anti-TPO ab ABNORMAL 52.2 High (range 10.0-35.0)
Anti-TG Ab ABNORMAL LOW (range 20.0-40.0)

How did I never check the last two?

I see her note THYROID LEVELS BETTER! NORMAL.

And I guess I moved on...

I flinch at ABNORMAL -- HIGH or LOW always.
Well, I guess, when I'm not in a rush...

So -- 1 yr later -- I am flinching. And asking -- tell me everything you know about Anti -TPO and Anti -TG
please...

11-07-2013, 06:15 PM	#21
Andrea Barnett Budin Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: LAND OF YES! w/home in Boca Raton, Florida Orig from L.I., N.Y. Ever hovering IN THE NOW... Posts: 1,904	Re: Tsh low -- what does it mean? FOUND! from Nov 2012 TSH .80 (range .40-4.oo) FREE T4 1.07 (range .89-1.76) FREE T3 2.54 (range 1.80-4.20) Anti-TPO ab ABNORMAL 52.2 High (range 10.0-35.0) Anti-TG Ab ABNORMAL LOW (range 20.0-40.0) How did I never check the last two? I see her note THYROID LEVELS BETTER! NORMAL. And I guess I moved on... I flinch at ABNORMAL -- HIGH or LOW always. Well, I guess, when I'm not in a rush... So -- 1 yr later -- I am flinching. And asking -- tell me everything you know about Anti -TPO and Anti -TG please... __________________ Andi BB '95 post-meno dx Invasive LOBULAR w/9cm tumor! YIKES + 2/21 nodes. Clear mammo 10 mnths earlier. Mastec/tram flap reconst/PORT/8 mnths chemo (4Adria/8CMF). Borderline ER/PR. Tamoxifen 2 yrs. Felt BLESSED. I could walk and talk, feed and bathe myself! I KNEW I would survive... '98 -- multiple mets to liver. HER2+ 80%. ER/PR- Raging, highly aggressive tumors spreading fast. New PORT. 9 mnths Taxotere Fought fire w/fire! Pronounced in cautious remission 5/99. Taxotere weekly for 6 wks, 2 wks off -- for 9 mnths. TALK ABOUT GRUELING! (I believe they've altered that protocol since those days -- sure hope so!!) + good old Vit H wkly for 1st 3 yrs, then triple dosage ev 3 wks for 7 yrs more... The "easy" chemo, right?! Not a walk in the park, but not a freight train coming at 'ya either... Added Herceptin Nov '98 (6 wks after FDA fast-tracked it for met bc). Stayed w/Vit H till July '08! Now I AM FREE! Humbly and eternally grateful for this life-saving drug! NED since '99 and planning on keeping it that way. To hell w/poor prognosis and nasty stats! STOPPED VIT H JULY '08...! REMAIN STABLE... Eternally grateful...Yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds ... (e e cummings) EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE. Smile KNOWING you too can be a miracle. Up to me and God now...