My lab & DXA results from May 8

[wonderwoman]

I am finally getting around to posting the results of my lab work done on May 8. I am pleased with the results.

Lipid Panel
Cholesterol 179 <200
LDL Cholesterol 83 <130
CHOL/HDL ratio 2.1 <4.5
Triglyceride 46 <150
VLDL 8 0-29
Non HDL 92 <160>20.0 >7.2

Vitamin D, 25 Hydroxy 80.2 30.1 to 100.0

TSH 0.13 (too low) 0.45 to 4.50
doctor has reduced my Levothyroxine to .75

On 2/22/2012 it was 0.36 (low) and dr increased the Levothyroxine to .88. No wonder I didn't feel up to par. Why? He didn’t know. But now he put my Levothyroxine dosage back to .75, that is what I had been on for several years. If it is not within range next time I will have him reduce it more.

My DXA scan says NORMAL with no significant change from August 2010. It’s difficult for me to interpret the actual report. So I will just have to believe that it is OK.

[wonderwoman]

I tried umteen times to enter this test result in the above post and it wouldn't let me. I would type it and when I previewed what I had written, it wasn't there. So I'm adding it here. I started over so many times I gave up.

HDL Cholesterol 87 >45

[wonderwoman]

Now it put numbers after the Non HDL that weren't there before and deleted my Comprehensive Panel & Vitamin B12 & Folate.

I don't know what's going on.

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
everything within normal limits

Vitamin B12 1367 (high) 243 to 894
I was way too high so I am eliminated my vitamin B complex

Folate >20.0 >7.2

[tex]

Hi Charlotte,

The reason why you got some weird results is because you used symbols in your post (the "greater than" and "less than" symbols). The software that operates this discussion board is written in php code, and php code uses certain symbols and combinations of symbols to represent certain commands that tell the php interpreter built into all browsers to execute certain functions. That means that if a certain function is unintentionally executed, the text or data following that code will be misinterpreted (or ignored, or whatever, depending on what the coded command happened to involve). In general, dashes, equal signs and quotation marks are usually interpreted correctly, but symbols such as greater or less than, slashes, and a few others usually cause browser confusion. Even a question mark can represent code if it's used in the proper combination with certain other symbols (but by itself, it's OK).

Nice test results, by the way.

Tex

[wonderwoman]

Tex, that makes sense. Thanks.

[Zizzle]

Wow, you had a Vitamin D level of 80? How much are you taking in supplements?

[wonderwoman]

Good thing you asked because I checked my supplements and see I am getting more than I realized.

I take two Vitamin D3 tablets 1000 i.u. each
There also is 500 i.u. in my multivitamin
and 800 i.u. in my Calcium Citrate

Living in Arizona gives me lots of sunshine when I swim, walk the dog, bike, or work in my garden.
I never use sunscreen. I tan very easy and never burn.

[mzh]

Interesting. I'm taking about 3000 a day and my D is 30.5 The only way I can keep it around 70 is to take 50,000 D2 long term *every day.* That's nuts but so is 30.5 and taking 3000 a day. 30 is low normal nowadays so I'm not gonna keep sweating it.

[Deanna in CO]

Yup, I'm taking 5000-6000 D3/day not counting what's in my calcium, and mine was 36 (I think) when I was last tested. We just absorb so few nutrients from our diets, and we don't get nearly enough sun. Charlotte, glad to hear you are doing so well!

[mzh]

I've read that D is stored in body fat and doesn't always show up just in the serum blood work so it may not be that low in reality.