Blood Test / Help Needed Please!

[Whazel]

Hi Everyone!

Well, I feel like I'm going coo-coo!  I was diagnosed as Hyper a little over a month ago and it's been a miserable road with other health issues and all of this uncertainty, along with the lovely symptoms I'm experiencing.

I finally got in to see an Endo, who felt my neck, said it felt just fine and decided I should have the radio-iodine Uptake test with the geiger counter.  He called it a scan so I thought there would be pictures, you know, hot and cold spots or tiny nodules that he missed with his perfect nodule finding fingers but nope, just a geiger counter.  So, took that test got the rsults from the lab and I brought the piece of paper up to him that same day and gave the paper to him, which said 20%.  Ok, so apparently the uptake is normal.  Groovy, then why do I feel awful, crabby, heart palps, no weight gain despite over-eating etc?
  
Well, he thinks I have a mild form of Grave's and wants to do blood tests one more time.  That was last Friday. I called on Tuesday because I hadn't heard and got voice-mail, repeat again, Wed. and Today, but finally the nurse called me back today and told me my TSH is .03, T3 is 5.9, T4 is in normal range of 1.7.
So:
TSH .03
T3   5.9
T4   1.7

The nurse said the doctor hasn't told her what to tell me yet so she'll call me when she has more info, in the meantime...am I Super Hyper?  Mildly Hyper, am I Hypo??  I know I should just do the research myself and I've been at Mayo online and other interpretive sites but my brain just goes...Ummm...ok, huh?  I think my concentration level is at 0.00000 right now...

Any thoughts, answers and/or humor would be appreciated VERY much!

Thank you!

[898]

This info can be helpful:
Hashitoxicosis: Hashimoto's thyroiditis can also manifest as an acute mild to moderate hyperthyroidism in 3-5% of cases. Hashitoxicosis refers to the presence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis PLUS hyperthyroidism. These patients have high antibody titers as seen in Grave's disease (in fact, this disorder probably represents superimposed Grave's on Hashimoto's). The antigen-antibody reaction leads to relatively rapid follicular cell damage and excess hormone release into the circulation RAIU is normal or elevated. The hyperthyroidism is typically self-limited and resolves spontaneously over a period of weeks to several months [1].

[Whazel]

Thanks for your thoughts...
No antibody test.  
Doc called late today, after hours and wants me on 20 mg. of Tapazole starting tomorrow.  Not sure if I should take it...Not sure if I shouldn't.  At least his first option isn't to kill my thyroid, though it was in the beginning...
I see my primary at the beginning of Oct. and will be asking for the antibody test, that seems like a HUGE no brainer to me...but apparently he trusts his gut more than any scientific tests.

Thanks again...

[Whazel]

Yes, I can get out of bed, though most days I don't want too...Not that that counts.

The only tests he's run are the TSH, T3, T4 and the geiger.

He actually called me today after hours and apologized profusely for not getting back to me for a week.  He had to go on vacation...He literally said, " I HAD to go on vacation".
Ok, gotcha, we all need a break...how about giving your nurse instructions on what to say when the results come back.

Anywho, called me and wants me on 20 mg. of Tapazole starting tomorrow...follow up on Oct. 27 I believe. Maybe 26th.  Either way...I'll see him at the end of Oct.

I see my regular doc beginning of Oct. and she'll order any tests I want so should I be ordering an antibody test?  Or shopping for a new Endo?

Thanks for your thoughts...

[utahmomma]

You need an endo who is a thyroid specialist.  Sounds like you found an impostor who actually deals with diabetes and read a book once about thyroid disorders.

Did they run any antibody tests on you?  

Run, don't walk, to a thyroid specialist.

[AR-10]

Medium hyper.

You can get out of bed, right?

What other tests did he run?

The geiger counter test sounds like a wanna-be test.
He gets one de-merit for even running it.