How often should I have my thyroid checked and does weight loss/gain affect it??

Rosie1028 · 05-29-2004, 08:22 PM

I am relatively new to the whole thyroid issue. My doctor did an inital 6 weeks blood draw after I started meds and then I had another in January. He said that my T4 was a little elevated, but not enough to worry about. That if I started experiancing intolerance to heat or rapid heartrate to call him.

Anyway, I have been working out and I have lost about 20 lbs since I started taking the meds. Does this affect my doseage?? I am going in for a pap in a month or so. I think I am going to request another blood draw.

CelticSpirit · 05-30-2004, 10:22 PM

Rosie,

You might want to get your thyroid levels checked again. When you first start the meds it usually takes some time to get the fine-tuning needed to get everything working right. I think when I first started treatment, I was in the endo's office every 2 months to get the bloodwork done and was given prescriptions. Once I stabilized it was every 6 months.

I also wanted to make a suggestion to you...there's a great book by a lady named Mary J. Shomon. It's called, "Living Well With Hypothyroidism: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You That You Need To Know. It's excellent! It taught me all that I needed to know and all the questions that I needed to ask that I wasn't asking...

I hope that all goes well with you...please keep us posted.

Stacie