Thyroid

[Sassygirl5150]

Hi,
I just had blood work done to check why I have been feeling unwell and lost 15 lbs in the past month with no change to diet or exercise.  My TSH test came back as <0.01 and the T4 Free (not really sure what that is) is 2.00.  What does this mean?  Is this the cause of my fatigue, weight loss and heart racing so fast it feels like it's fluttering out of my chest sometimes?  My last doctor's appointment my resting heart rate was 126.  Any suggestions or ideas of what's going on?

Thank you for your time and responses

[goolarra]

So, that's a positive TSI, and it looks like you have Graves' as well as Hashi's.  140 is the point at which most people will start feeling symptoms, but people who don't have Graves' have TSI of less-than 2%.  

[Sassygirl5150]

Sorry it was only 223 not 235...I wish there was a way to edit the post after it is sent.  

[Sassygirl5150]

TSI came back as 235?  Doc says normal is 140?

[Sassygirl5150]

I do the nuclear scan tomorrow and back to the doctor to go over everything next Thursday, October 1st.  Thanks for asking.

[goolarra]

When do you see the doctor again?

[Sassygirl5150]

Ok thanks, that makes sense.  When I checked in to get the blood work done, she handed me 3 little labels to give to the lab tech doing the blood draw.  But I don't recall what was ordered.  It seems to me that the weight loss has slowed down quite a bit.  But the other symptoms are all still present.  I am looking forward to getting some answers, as I feel miserable. I would be very surprised if the doctor did not order the TSI test since, the entire time I was in his office, he kept referring to Graves Disease.