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Message: <blockquote data-quote="caroline_92" data-source="post: 2540550" data-attributes="member: 126167">Thank you again [USER=88961]@AndBreathe[/USER], really appreciate you taking the time to reply.So the fact that all my other blood results were normal and as expected leads me to assume that the weather temperature on the day didn't really affect the blood results. It was done first thing in the morning and popped straight into a priority postbox. I wasn't fasted however, as didn't know this was a good thing to do. But I probably didn't eat much for breakfast - most likely some greek yoghurt and decaf black tea which is my usual breakfast.I can see the symptoms of thyroid problems are wide ranging, common and some overlap with the menopause. But I have been dealing with the menopause these last few years and on HRT, so think I can distinguish these The symptoms I thought may be related to low thyroid function are feeling cold, especially hands and feet, the occasional swollen ankles (usually in the heat or after sitting at my desk all day), slow to get going in the morning (but always had this tendency!), puffy eyes sometimes, mild/occasional constipation despite eating healthy and drinking lot's. And then I have had persistent dry eyes, itchy eyes and inflammation for a few years which I have self diagnosed as hayfever/rhinitis but am trying to get to the bottom of. Potentially related to my oestrogen levels. Which thyroid symptoms are the pointy ones would you say?The antibody results were really low: thyroglobulin <13 IU/mL and thyroid peroxidase <9 IU/mL. I have no other autoimmune conditions or symptoms at all but was interested to do this specific test (not the GP/NHS ones) to see these results. And yes, I know this is different to what is done routinely by GPs but think we should do more widespread T3 and antibody tests and my understanding is that GPs may not act until the thyroid function has deteriorated to a large and damaged extent. We know from T2D that the NHS don't have the time, funds or incentives to do anything preventative...It is the potential issue converting T4 to T3 I am interesting in exploring and did wonder if my low carb lifestyle was affecting things. And how they have arrived at the 'normal' T3 levels interests me? Is it one of those quite arbitrary numbers based on a population of pretty unhealthy people with a pharma agenda to get more thyroid medications prescribed? I will do some digging on the Health Unlocked site - thank you for this link and I may repeat the test again.</blockquote>

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