Thyroid *Update*
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 8:27 am
Ack! Help!
My OB's nurse called me on Friday to tell me my TSH came back at 4.9 and I am scheduled to see an endocrinologist next week.
So of course I immediately went online to research levels and it looks like the normal standard for levels are all over the map, but 4.9 isn't high at all. I am confused - maybe it's just because I'm 5 mos pregnant and they want to keep an eye on it?
My mom and sister have hypothyroidism, however if my levels are up that would be hyper - like Graves disease, right?
I know steroid use can wreak havoc on the thyroid but I've only done one treatment, this time last year of 1g of Solumedrol for 5 days.
I also had a spike in bad cholesterol last year even though I was eating better and working out regularly. My doctor assumed it was due to the Rebif I was taking (I took it for a year, stopped a year ago) however I've never found any literature claiming a connection between cholesterol and Rebif. There is a link between cholesterol and the thyroid though.
If anyone has any insight I'd love to hear it, or even some good sources I can peruse, as so much out there seems to contradict.
My OB's nurse called me on Friday to tell me my TSH came back at 4.9 and I am scheduled to see an endocrinologist next week.
So of course I immediately went online to research levels and it looks like the normal standard for levels are all over the map, but 4.9 isn't high at all. I am confused - maybe it's just because I'm 5 mos pregnant and they want to keep an eye on it?
My mom and sister have hypothyroidism, however if my levels are up that would be hyper - like Graves disease, right?
I know steroid use can wreak havoc on the thyroid but I've only done one treatment, this time last year of 1g of Solumedrol for 5 days.
I also had a spike in bad cholesterol last year even though I was eating better and working out regularly. My doctor assumed it was due to the Rebif I was taking (I took it for a year, stopped a year ago) however I've never found any literature claiming a connection between cholesterol and Rebif. There is a link between cholesterol and the thyroid though.
If anyone has any insight I'd love to hear it, or even some good sources I can peruse, as so much out there seems to contradict.