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I had to pay for the gene test but it was worth it to understand what’s happening Good for you and yes I stand my ground too if I hadn’t of pushed the gp to refer me I wouldn’t be in this position I even have a direct email to my thyroid endo :) it’s quite frustrating though that I’m seeing...

Thank you you’ve been so helpful I will still go and see her because I want to see if I can go onto Saxenda and clearly the hospital and GPs don’t want to put me on it but I’m desperate to try and loose some weight and want to see if that will help me it also gives me ammunition to go back and...

I just feel I’ve tried for 3 years which I know probably isn’t that long but I’ve got worse I’ve gained 4.5 stone which I contribute mainly to my thyroid over that time and I feel it’s a driving factor in me becoming diabetic too plus the PCOS I feel all three conditions are just competing...

So I have been on the increased 30 t3 for just over 3 weeks but was feeling like this before the dose was increased have been on t3 since June something def happened at the beginning of this year to make it all go to Pot I’ve never completely felt right but better than I do now and since April...

Hi DCUKMod thank you I am on thyroid uk on healthunlocked it’s very informative and I’ve learnt a lot from it in relation to levels testing etc however I do think I am in the minority on there for having PCOS diabetes and UAT combined as I’ve asked a few questions but not really spoke to many...

Hi all thanks for the responses Jo - yes I do take them at other times during the day I usually aim for 3 a day and all of them are going up but then randomly I will get the odd reading at around 5.4 too so they are sometimes normal level but looking back have definitely increased against...

So I posted the other day about my fasting BG which has gone up and now my blood monitor has calculated my hba1c over the past few weeks and that has risen too which I’m at a loss as to why I was diagnosed beginning of sept by high fasting and OGTT My hba1c was 41 at the end of August and 3...

Hi all I will re write this again as I think I keep posting it In the wrong section! Sorry if people have already read this I was recently diagnosed in September with a boarder line hba1c of 45 which had gone up from April this year at 38 My fasting was 7.8 and after two hours I was 11.1 on...

Hi Jo No I’m not I’m still getting my head around the posting! :) Thank you I’m feeling a bit down atm really it seems to be one thing after another I’ve been trying to follow a no carb diet for the past week and been monitoring my levels and fasting in the morning seems to be the highest at...

Hi All I’ve recently been diagnosed after a OGTT showed 0 hours 8.4 and after 2 hours 11.4 hba1c was 46 So not overly high but nevertheless I was told I was diabetic I also have an autoimmune underactive thyroid and PCOS too thyroid is treated with thyroxine and also t3 I have been...

Hi there I’ve just been diagnosed too and I also take thyroxine and have PCOS too so a treble! I’m learning lots of things on here so just take one day at at time x

All done last week B12 was over range at 663 vitamin d was 88 Thyroid was done last week too tsh 0.02 I’m on 20 Liothyronine and 125 t4 t4 was 16.9 with a range of 9-26 T3 was 4.9 with a range of 2.2 to 7.1 So all in range x

Hi all recently joined and posted the other day about possibly having a diagnosis of ore diabetes I’m having a glucose tolerance test done tomorrow as I had high fasting glucose at 8.8 hba1c was 46 I’ve just looked back on my previous results for hba1c tests and for the last 3 years they have...

Hello So my thyroid is def up and down I have heart racing too which I take propranolol for and I’ve ended up in a&e with a resting pulse over 150 but a clear ecg which I know is more a sign of overactive but I’m not quite sure I’m very up and down with my thyroid I’m under a consultant who...

Hi there thank you, so yes I have something called Ords thyroiditis which apparently is the same as hashis except without the swelling or goitre I also have a variant dio2 gene which is why they allow me to have t3 on the nhs which I’ve had to fight for and I feel marginally better on it but...

Hi Jo Thank you that’s really helpful I know I do need to work on my diet so this is giving the kick up the bum to do it and I know that this should level out the PCOS too which I’ve probably had all my life but has got worse as I’ve got older Thank you x

Hello all I’ve joined to get some advice really and I’m looking for others who are similar to me I have hypothyroidism have been diagnosed with this for 3 years with fluctuating thyroid levels I take a combination of t3/t4 and I also have PCOS too I was taken off metformin for PCOS at the...